Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil and examine the premises and principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there. That is the banality of evil.
The war in Ukraine started by Russia on the 24th of February 2022 turned the lives of many Russians upside down. To date, more than 200 000 had to leave the country, many protested, more than 15 000 were arrested, prosecuted and even tortured. The political regime in Russia makes it impossible to protest against the war inside the country. Those who dare, face up to 15 years in prison. And yet, even the most conservative research proves that there are tens of millions of Russian people who do not support the Russian military aggression against Ukraine.
#TheVoiceOfRussia (TVOR) is a non-profit international group of Russian-speaking artists, producers, journalists and other creative professionals around the world united by one purpose – to demand the end of the war, to amplify the anti-war voices among Russians around the world, and to campaign for a free democratic Russia. Our tools are art and journalism. Our method is developing critical and analytical thinking. We also aim to prevent the disconnection of the Russian people from the world and international cultural communities.
We stand firmly with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in our opposition to the military aggression by the Russian government.
The international Art Against War telegram channel was created on March 13 by a Moscow curator & member of the Feminist Anti-War Resistance Group who prefers to remain anonymous. Journalist and writer Clementine Cecil (London) helps run it.
Nikolay Epplée, the author of The Inconvenient Past, is one of the most prominent voices in the Russian society today. We are publishing three essays written in the time of the war on making excuses of the past, on the responsibility of the Russian culture and on fear
On the 27th of March in St Petersburg, artist Eugenia Isaeva performed an anti-war action “My Heart is Bleeding”. She covered herself in red paint and stood by the entrance of the city magistrate building chanting “my heart is bleeding”. A placard was placed by her feet, saying: “I feel it is pointless to appeal to the minds. This is why I appeal to your hearts. Every day in Ukraine women, children and the elderly are killed. They die of shelling, hunger, of the inability to get out of debris or find medicine… Their graves marked only by the hand-made crosses can be found by their houses, at the playgrounds. Thousands of wounded and disfigured, millions of destroyed lives… (…) Find enough courage for mercy and compassion. Do not support bloodshed!” The artist was arrested 10 minutes after the action started.
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