Russian Writer Evgeny Chizhov: Writers Should Stay away from Both Authorities and Opposition

... idiot, one that secures the illusory international recognition for the authoritarian People’s Leader. Do Russia and other post-Soviet states share Koshtyrbastan’s need for a foreigner that would pat on them on the shoulder and say that everything ... ... and the authorities’ job is to use the artist not only to their own gain, but also in the interests of the country and its culture. This is something that France has been actively doing by providing grants for translations of French literature into ...