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A cultural boycott of Russia plays into Putin's hands

6 March 2022

6:12 PM

6 March 2022

6:12 PM

Has the cultural boycott of Russia gone too far? Events at an Italian university this week, where writer Paolo Nori claimed that a course on Dostoevsky was suspended following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, suggests so.

‘Dear professor, the vice rector for didactics has informed me of a decision taken…to postpone the course on Dostoevsky,’ an email said, according to Nori’s video.

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