Mikhail Shishkin refuses to represent 'criminal' Russian regime

[bela shayevich]

Of course the situation with foreign grants is dire. The business of
publishing and academia are dire as well. This doesn't mean that people
should collaborate with an essentially fascist government that they
publicly exonerate.

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu> wrote:

> Nice that he can afford it. Would be nice if someone created a foundation
> to support those who could not. The situation with foreign grants is dire.
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> On Mar 7, 2013, at 1:41 PM, bela shayevich wrote:
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>  I don't think it's fair to expect public figures to arrest their moral
> development during their time in the spotlight.  Shishkin's logic does not
> need to be  consistent with his past actions; what is important is that he
> is taking a stand against accepting money from the Russian government.
>
>
> Alina Israeli
> Associate Professor of Russian
> WLC, American University
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> Washington DC 20016
> (202) 885-2387  fax (202) 885-1076
> aisrael at american.edu
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