[Ura-list] Solidarity with Ukraine

[Jeremy Bradley]

Dear all,

1) I for one will absolutely put my name on any declaration there might 
be. My gut feeling right now is that none of us in the West will be 
wanting and getting visas to travel to Russia anyway as long as Putin 
lives as a free man, so previous concerns that being too openly 
outspoken might jeopardize my odds to get a visa are completely moot at 
this point.

2) As regards Christopher's point, I think we should be careful with 
what we expect from our colleagues in Russia. Given the complete 
crackdown on any illusion of freedom of expression happening right now, 
for Russia-based colleagues to express opinions running counter to 
Kremlin narratives can be genuinely dangerous, and ultimately not worth 
the risk. Even before things escalated people suspected FSB agents 
everywhere (rightfully so, I might add), and it was hard to judge what 
pro-Kremlin positions I've heard were genuinely held, or expressed "just 
in case". We can just hope friends and colleagues are on the right side 
of things, and if not, that the lies will become untenable in the days 
to come. (And if it's an opt-in declaration, the point becomes moot.)

Best,
Jeremy



On 01/03/2022 23:16, Christopher Culver wrote:
> Johanna Laakso <johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at> writes:
>> the Uralicists of the world strictly condemn Putin’s aggression
> Do they? Obviously a letter would draw signatures from those of us
> outside Russia with access to free media. But at least in past
> conflicts, I have only heard our colleagues in Russia support whatever
> narrative is being presented on Russian state television. What good is a
> collective letter from Uralicists where more than half of the scholars
> in our field are unlikely to be represented?
>
> Also, I imagine that some whose careers involve fieldwork would be
> worried about the harm this could do to their future prospects for being
> granted Russian visas.
>
> Christopher Culver
>
>
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