Lida's experience is a powerful reminder of the need for awareness, support, and action against domestic violence, as well as the strength of the human spirit in overcoming adversity.
0:01 This is Lida Terentyeva. She lives in Volgograd. She runs her own business, an interior designer. A young, confident businesswoman. This is the Lida the whole country got to know on a national talk show. And this is what her ex-husband, Andrei, did to her. He cut her eyes with a knife, inflicting about 20 wounds. He didn't want her to see the world without him. Everyone who heard this story
0:33 wished for her to preserve her sight and for Andrei to be punished. Exactly 13 years have passed since then . Lida agreed to tell us her story. It happened on May 24, 2013. Lida was getting her son, Kirill, ready for school. The boy is 7 years old and in first grade. His father, Andrei, came to pick him up. He didn't come up to the apartment. He and Lida had been living separately for almost
1:09 5 years. And after certain events, Lida is afraid to be alone with her ex. The intercom rings. I say, "Well, Kirill went downstairs, like with a backpack. That's it, he's calling again." He says, "Open the door for me, I need to give you your things." And I'm home alone. I tried not to open the door for him at all, when I was still more or less fine with the kid. I open the door for him, he holds out his hand to me and takes my things. It was my mistake that I didn't close the door first. I turn around, put my things in the hallway, turn around, and at that moment he's already closing the door with the nightlight. That
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