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- Olive Allen, a Russian native and artist who has lived in the United States for over 11 years, has burned her home country’s passport in order to raise awareness and funds for Ukraine’s current crisis.
- Her burning passport NFT was auctioned off on the super rare marketplace on Friday.
Allen characterized herself as a “child of new Russia” in an interview with Cointelegraph on Friday, saying that while the country would always be a part of her identity, she had chosen to cut connections with it due to its recent actions in Ukraine. Standing in front of the Russian Federation’s Consulate General in New York City.
“Russians are being brainwashed” – Allen
Allen planned to auction the film as a nonfungible token (NFT), with the earnings going to humanitarian assistance in Ukraine after she burned her Russian passport, which she said was the only copy she possessed.
Allen added, “I don’t consider Putin’s Russia to be my home.” “Our country has enormous potential, but the government has long taken advantage of its citizens.”
She went on to say that she knew people in Russia who had been “brainwashed beyond repair” in their support for the Kremlin and that she wanted to dispel the myth that all Russian civilians supported military action against Ukraine.
Allen stated she burnt her passport because she couldn’t see herself returning to the country under the current regime. She has been working in the crypto industry since early 2018, following the December 2017 Bitcoin (BTC) bull run.
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Burning passport auction
Her burning passport NFT was auctioned off on the SuperRare marketplace on Friday. Allen stated that she will donate Ether (ETH) straight to Save the Children, an organization dedicated to assisting children throughout the world who are victims of human trafficking, Early marriage, a lack of access to education, and the need to flee violence are all factors.
Burning a passport does not, in general, indicate renunciation of citizenship in any given country. A person residing abroad can remove their Russian citizenship “of their own free will” unless they are under trial in Russia, have no other country’s citizenship, or owe “an outstanding responsibility to the Russian Federation,” according to a federal law passed in 2002.
Allen would most likely need to submit an undamaged passport to a Russian consulate and complete papers to legally end contact with Russia. Though she claimed that she may continue on this road in the future, the fact that she was effectively “on a blacklist” made her fear of being arrested if she returned to any Russian location was enough to make her fear being arrested.
Nancy J. Allen is a crypto enthusiast, with a major in macroeconomics and minor in business statistics. She believes that cryptocurrencies inspire people to be their own banks, and step aside from traditional monetary exchange systems. She is also intrigued by blockchain technology and its functioning. She frequently researches, and posts content on the top altcoins, their theoretical working principles and technical price predictions.
