Hey! Thank you very much for such support! You have no idea how important this is for all of us! All freelancers from Russia, artists, writers, musicians, designers and other creative people do not support the madness that our government is doing. People go to rallies, they are arrested, beaten and charged with criminal cases. Just think for going to a rally against the murder can get a term of 15 years in prison! Many of us have relatives and friends in Ukraine, and we are terribly depressed by what is happening there. I myself have Ukrainian and Belarusian blood.
Now there is a mass impoverishment of citizens in the country, many companies are leaving Russia, closing their enterprises. We're not afraid that we won't be able to drink Coke or go to the movies to see the new Batman. The worst thing is that thousands of people were left without work and livelihoods. And now it has touched and us, freelancers. For almost everyone, Fiverr was the main job and now they are left with nothing. They have loans, mortgages, kids or parents to support. I am an illustrator myself and have been moving towards my goal for a very long time, and now I have lost everything, I cannot leave the country, because I have disabled people in my family and I cannot leave them, and I will not. I can’t find a job in my city and do what I love, people simply don’t have the means to order an illustration! People are thinking about where to get money for food and pay for housing.
We all really hope and believe that the Fiverr will reconsider their decision, because for us, ordinary citizens, it changes lives!
And most importantly, that this terrible war is over! We are for peace!