BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 22:50:00
Up with all those illusions. yes, russia is a colonial empire, and everything what happened with siberia back in 16th, 17th century looks like colonisation of north america, for example. right. so you say, in war and punishment, "we failed to spotjust how deadly "the very idea of russia's great empire was." and you say that many russians and writers and historians are complicit in facilitating the war in ukraine. so you are a russian writer. do you accept culpability yourself, personally? absolutely, absolutely. i start my book with that — that this book is a confession and i bear responsibi...
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