Who Is Sasha Gillies-Lekakis And Why Did Stan Grant Eject Him From Q And A Ukraine?

Who Is Sasha Gillies-Lekakis? He got kicked off the Q+A studio for advocating violence and asking a pro-Russia question. 

QandA host Stan Grant kicked out a pro-Russian audience member, Sasha Gillies-Lekakis, from the sets on Thursday night. He sparked an intense debate between the panelists after suggesting a pro-Ukraine bias.

Sasha questioned the media reporting on Russia and was later kicked out for advocating violence. The controversial moment has gone viral on Twitter, and some have applauded the host, whereas others have said that he could have handled the situation much better.

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Who Is Sasha Gillies-Lekakis?

Sasha Gillies-Lekakis got kicked off from the Q+A interview after making a controversial statement and asking a question supporting violence. He has now accused Stan Grant of being unprofessional on the show.

Lekakis’s current age is 23 years. He is a student of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Melbourne. He was the first student from the university to undertake an exchange program in Cuba.

Sasha spent a semester living and studying in communist Cuba, where he attended the University of Havana.

Sasha has claims to have submitted his question through the official Q+A submission portal. He revealed that Stan made the claim that the question was unvetted and stated that it was competently not true at all.

According to Daily Mail, Lekakis has denied any allegations that his questions were rogue or unvetted. He even apologized for the way things took the turn.

Sasha Gillies-Lekakis And Stan Grant QandA Ukraine Drama Explained

Sasha Gillies-Lekakis stated his question by stating that there are many Russians in Australia and all around the world that are backing what Putin is doing in Ukraine. He is outraged by the media narrative that Russia is the bay guy and Ukraine is the good guy.

Stan Grant later addressed the question and told Sasha that his question had gone too far. He added that people are talking about family members who are suffering due to the violence in Ukraine, reports The Guardian.

Grant asked Gillies-Lekakis to leave as he was supporting the violence.

Sasha Gillies-Lekakis Facebook And Family Details Revealed

Sasha Gillies-Lekakis addressed the QandA drama on his Facebook account. He stated that he could unfortunately not complete his question despite trying to clarify himself. He believes that his words were incomplete and misrepresented.

He comes from the Russian community currently living in Australia with his family. Lekakis cleared it up that he is indisputably against war and loss of lives, reports 7 News.

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