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Poet Dmitri Bjkov commented on the situation at the Russian PEN station on the Echo Moscow station, 13 January 2017." I would like to know your opinion on the loud scandal around the Russian PEN center. Has the form of communities such as the PEN-Centre or the Writing Union not survived? ”
Misha, I've talked about it many times. I have now written a special column for the Profil, which is called " Do not enter " . That's how Pellevina fits the phrase that " the best Buddhist way to watch TV is not to watch it " and the most effective way to get out of the PEN center is not to go in there. First of all, I don't understand why writing unions are needed. The organization is a human rights-based organization throughout the world, but it has also been accustomed to the example of Salman Rushdi and the example of many Russian human rights defenders and writers, which, as a rule, any dictator of any special pleasure petitions is wiped out. Well, what is the collective voice of the world PEN-centre? Here they say: " Yes, we strongly protest and demand the release " . Okay, you asked. It's all priced solely for your own self, that " here, I don't accept such injustices " , but the pragmatic effect of this is zero.