This week saw Russia launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, resulting in Ukrainian acts like Jinjer condemning Vladimir Putin and the Eurovision Song Contest dropping Russia from its 2022 competition. Now, Russian punk activists Pussy Riot have teamed up with several cryptocurrency companies to launch an NFT campaign to help aid Ukraine during these unprecedented times.
As reported by Rolling Stone, UkraineDAO will sell an NFT of the Ukrainian flag, with all proceeds going to benefit Ukrainian organization Come Back Alive, which they’re touting as “one of the most effective and transparent Ukrainian charitable and volunteer initiatives.”
“Our goal is to use what we’re good at, web3, to assist Ukrainians as they cope with the Russian invasion of their country,” Pussy Riot tweeted about UkraineDAO. “We’ll be buying an NFT of the Ukrainian flag.”
According to Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, in a statement from the band:
“We purposefully avoided adding our own art to this release, in a way it’s our strong conceptual artistic statement. People can have different aesthetics, but it’s not about what color we prefer, it’s about uniting to save lives. The Ukrainian flag unites us.”
And apparently, it’s working. Within 12 hours of the announcement of Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, more than $400,000 in Bitcoin was donated to Come Back Alive.
The campaign allows you to pay as much as you want per NFT, so donate via the link below: