Stories of Ukrainian refugees and Russian dissidents in Catalonia - one year on
Durada: 23 min
25/02/2023
One year on from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Filling the Sink hears stories from Ukrainian refugees and Russian dissidents who have fled to Catalonia. Fashion designer Ksenia Karpenko talks about the fear of losing people back home and how she has tried to adapt and keep her brand going. Anna Vykhovanets, Tatiana Hulevets and Olena Kol explain why they chose to start working in the Costa Brava hotel where the Red Cross had sent them to stay. Russian dissidents Anna Shevchenko, Nikita Kazantcev, and Andrei Paniushkin describe run-ins with the authorities there that pushed them into exile. This week's Catalan phrase is 'no tenir solta ni volta'. It is a hard one to translate literally, it is used to describe something that does not make any sense. Presented by Lorcan Doherty with Cillian Shields.