Saying that they must stand up when another country is being violated and terrorized, a San Jose councilwoman says the city is ending its diplomatic relationship with its Russian Sister City.
Why did Russia attack Ukraine? Why does Vladimir Putin want Chernobyl? Will the U.S. be attacked? Prof. Amir Weiner answers the top questions here.The city made the change on Monday, in an effort that was originally proposed by Councilman David Cohen.
"I think everybody was on board with the idea that this was an important enough moment in history to show that we stand with the people of Ukraine," Councilman Cohen told ABC7 News.The lights are meant to be a show of solidarity. It's a message of support to the more than 4,000 Ukrainians who live in the capital of Silicon Valley."Companies like Intel and AMD and Nvidia, they've already stopped sending chips to Russia," Markov shared.
Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas announced Monday, she wants to take that a step further. Arenas is pushing to end San Jose's Sister City relationship with Russia's fourth largest city. "It's symbolic in nature," she added."As we haven't had a very active Sister City relationship with Russia and Ekaterinburg."
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