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Andrey Kurkov: “It’s impossible to say that all the world is behind Ukraine”
The renowned Ukrainian novelist on Zelensky’s speeches, the role of artists in war and the broken links between his country…
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia and has been the country’s leader, with an interlude as prime minister, for more than 22 years. Putin was born in 1952, studied law at Leningrad State University and served for 15 years as a KGB officer before becoming a politician in 1991.
The renowned Ukrainian novelist on Zelensky’s speeches, the role of artists in war and the broken links between his country…
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