strong, and he gets more and more support also from his previous critics in ukrainian society. so, i am one of his critics, and i stopped criticising him. right. now, you re a writer, not a fighter, but do you believe that there are things that the artistic community, that the sort of wielders of, if i can put it this way, soft power rather than military power, things that they can do to contribute right now? i m thinking, you know, we ve seen decisions taken in the arts world, in the sporting world, to try to isolate russia. i just wonder if you think that makes any difference. it does make a lot of difference, i think. and actually artists and writers in ukraine are very politicised and very engaged. and i am, as a president of ukrainian pen centre, can say that we are organising also different translations of the pieces of information about daily actual situation in ukraine, for
i m thinking, you know, we ve seen decisions taken in the arts world, in the sporting world, to try to isolate russia. i just wonder if you think that makes any difference. it does make a lot of difference, i think. and actually artists and writers in ukraine are very politicised and very engaged. and i am, as a president of ukrainian pen centre, can say that we are organising also different translations of the pieces of information about daily actual situation in ukraine, for foreignjournalists. we are organising panel discussions online, in english again. we are trying to keep in touch with every member of artistic society and check who needs help, who needs evacuation, who needs medicine. so, i mean, there is a solidarity very visible now. and what about, you know, with your knowledge of russian culture, as well, and russian
and i am, as a president of ukrainian pen centre, can say that we are organising also different translations of the pieces of information about daily actual situation in ukraine, for foreignjournalists. we are organising panel discussions online, in english again. we are trying to keep in touch with every member of artistic society and check who needs help, who needs evacuation, who needs medicine. so, i mean, there is a solidarity very visible now. and what about, you know, with your knowledge of russian culture, as well, and russian language, how much do you think they, in moscow and in russia, will care about being ostracised and isolated when it comes to international artistic and sporting events? not a lot. i mean, some artists will be upset, but some artists are already out of russia, and they don t want to come back until the government changes or the president changes.