Olive Allen, a Russian nationwide and artist who has lived in america for greater than 11 years, has burned her mom nation’s passport within the hopes of elevating consciousness and funds associated to the navy battle in Ukraine.

Chatting with Cointelegraph on Friday, Allen described herself as “a baby of recent Russia” and stated the nation would all the time be part of her id, however she had chosen to chop ties with it primarily based on its current actions within the Ukraine. Standing in entrance of the Consulate Basic of the Russian Federation in New York Metropolis, Allen burned her Russian passport — which she stated was the one copy she had — and deliberate to public sale the video as a nonfungible token (NFT), with the proceeds going to humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.