Journalist Zhanna Agalakova, who worked for a state-run TV network for more than two decades, previously quit her job in protest at the invasion of Ukraine.
state-run TV network Channel OneOn Wednesday, Agalakova, who is now living in exile in France, posted on social media to say she had returned two medals: the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second degree, received in 2006, and the Order of Friendship, awarded in 2018."Mr. President, your leadership is leading the country to the abyss," the note read."I consider your awards unacceptable.
"It's like you live in two worlds. Even now when you're watching news in Russia, sometimes I do it, it's like two different planets," Agalakova told the BBC.
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