how Russia's journalists, writers and artists are turning silence into speech

  • Written by: Jacob Edmond, Professor of English, University of Otago
how Russia's journalists, writers and artists are turning silence into speechDmitry Muratov receiveing the Nobel Prize in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2021.AP

“It is impossible to stop a speeding train by throwing oneself onto the tracks,” wrote Russian poet Dmitry Kuzmin back in March. He was commenting on Olga Gordienko, a young teacher who, before she was arrested, stood for several minutes on a Moscow street...

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