statement in support of our colleagues in Ukraine from Ab Imperio

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AI editors issued a statement of support for our colleagues in Ukraine, 
including the member of our editorial board, Prof. Yaroslav Hrytsak, who 
is currently in Strasbourg, participating in special hearings on 
Ukraine. We posted the text below (in English and in Russian) on the AI 
facebook https://www.facebook.com/abimperio If you support this 
statement, please support it on facebook and encourage your students and 
colleagues to follow your example.
This is not a petition addressed to Yanukovich and his government, but 
an expression of moral and professional support to the members of 
academic and teaching communities who participate in civic protest in 
Ukraine.

We highly value your support,
AI editorial team


The editors, authors, and readers of Ab Imperio express their support 
for our colleagues in Ukraine, members of the scholarly and teaching 
communities. Today they are defending their right to political choice 
and open public discussion; they are fighting for their human dignity. 
We protest the violent actions of the state against the Euromaidan and 
admire the courage, self-organization, and political maturity of the 
citizens of Ukraine. The authors and readers of AI who have signed this 
letter side with our colleagues who support open professional and public 
discussion and oppose brutal state violence and cynical disregard for 
public opinion. We protest the politics of the regime that regards 
dissenting citizens as enemies of the state and applies violence against 
them.

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