Mikhail Shishkin refuses to represent 'criminal' Russian regime

[Yevgeniy Slivkin]

I strongly suspect that M. Shishkin pulled a well calculated publicity stunt which writers usually do when readers' interest in them is waning.
 Putin's government is not a "fascist government." Rather, it represents a corrupt oligarchic regime which plays the nationalist card when it wants to. This regime will fall and then the real fascist government will take over.

Yevgeny Slivkin
University of Denver
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Mikhail Shishkin refuses to represent 'criminal' Russian regime

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<mailto: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.

On Mar 7, 2013, at 1:41 PM, bela shayevich wrote:

 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
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