Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov sentenced to 20 years in Russian prison and seen as a political prisoner by Memorial organization, holds an infinite hunger strike demanding to free all Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. People who know him are sure that he will stand to the end.
We demand that Sentsov be sent to his motherland Ukraine. The death of Oleg Sentsov would be a disgrace to Russia and forever stain those who could have saved him, but did not.
We appeal to the participants of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum to support our statement.
Members of St Peterburg PEN and Russian Free Historical Society joined the Free Word Association statement. Alltogether, more than 130 art and science people including Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Aleksievich, journalists Sergeui Parkhomenko and Zoya Svetova, renowned writers Vladimir Voinovich, Ludmila Ulitskaya, Viktor Shenderovich and Alexander Arkhangelsky, signed the statement.
Members of the Free Word Association:
Nadezhda Azhgikhina, journalist
Nikolay Alexandrov, literary critic
Svetlana Aleksievich, writer, Nobel laureate
Alexander Arkhangelsky, writer
Elena Baevskaya, translator
Leonid Bakhnov, writer
Irina Balakhonova, publisher
Nune Barsegyan, writer
Dmitry Bavilsky, writer
Irina Bogatyreva, writer
Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya, writer
Alla Bossart, writer
Olga Bukhina, translator
Natalya Chepik, writer, screenwriter
Tatiana Chernysheva, translator
Marietta Chudakova, writer, literary critic
Natalia Demina, journalist
Vitaly Dikson, writer
Veronica Dolina, poet
Olga Drobot, translator
Georgy Efremov, poet, translator
Evgeny Ermolin, essayist, historian of culture
Victor Esipov, literary critic, poet
Maria Falikman, poet, translator
Sergey Gandlevsky, writer
Alisa Ganieva, writer
Alexander Gelman, playwriter
Kristina Gorelik, journalist
Varvara Gornostaeva, publisher
Mark Grinberg, translator
Natalia Gromova, writer
July Gugolev, poet
Igor Irtenev, poet
Natalia Ivanova, writer
Victoria Ivleva, journalist
Gennady Kalashnikov, poet
Dmitry Karelsky, translator
Pavel Kataev, writer
Nina Katerly, writer
Igor Kharichev, writer
Gennady Krasukhin, literary critic
Irina Kravtsova, editor
Grigory Kruzhkov, poet, translator
Maya Kucherskaya, writer
Sergey Kuznetsov, writer
Irina Levinskaya, bibliaist, epigraphist
Maria Ludkovskaya, translator
Victor Matizen, film critic
Natalia Mavlevich, translator
Vladimir Moshchenko, writer
Pavel Nerler, literary critic
Anton Nechaev, writer
Leonid Nikitinsky, journalist
Lev Oborin, poet, journalist
Maxim Osipov, writer
Sergeui Parkhomenko, journalist
Grigory Petukhov, poet
Andrey Plakhov, film critic
Nikolay Podosokorsky, publicist
Alyosha Prokopiev, poet, translator
Olga Romanova, journalist
Maria Rybakova, writer
Vyacheslav Sereda, translator
Tatiana Shcherbina, writer
Viktor Shenderovich, writer
Alla Shevelkina, journalist
Boris Sokolov, journalist
Natalia Sokolovskaya, writer
Vladimir Sotnikov, writer
Tatyana Sotnikova (Anna Berseneva), writer
Irina Staf, translator
Dmitry Stakhov, writer
Lubov Summ, translator
Zoya Svetova, journalist
Ludmila Ulitskaya, writer
Olga Varshaver, translator
Dmitry Vedenyapin, poet, translator
Marina Vishnevetskaya, writer
Alina Vitukhnovskaya, writer
Vladimir Voinovich, writer
Sergey Yakovlev, writer
Members of the St. Petersburg PEN Club joined the statement:
Konstantin Azadovsky, historian of culture
Anatoly Berger, poet, prose writer
Tamara Bukovskaya, poet
Andrey Chernov, poet, translator
Elena Chizhova, writer, Head of the PEN St Petersburg
Alexander Dolinin, literary critic
Valery Dymshits, Doctor of Chemistry, translator, professor of St. Petersburg State University
Nikita Eliseev, critic, leading bibliographer of the National Library of Russia (the Public Library)
Alexandra Glebovskaya, translator
Lubov Gurevich, art critic, writer
Alexander Kobrinsky, Doctor of Philology, professor
Nikolay Kononov, poet, prose writer
Alexander Lavrov, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Oleg Lekmanov, Doctor of Philology, professor
Alla Mikhalevich, poet, translator
Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko, human rights activist
Gennady Nikolaev, prose writer
David Raskin, Doctor of Historical Sciences
Anatoly Razumov, historian
Boris Roginsky, philosopher, writer
Natalia Sivokhina, poet
Alexander Skidan, poet, critic, translator
Sergey Stratanovsky, writer
Alexander Timofeev, Candidate of Philological Sciences, historian of literature
Marietta Turyan, Doctor of Philology
Ilya Shtemler, prose writer
Valery Shubinsky, poet, critic, historian of literature
Boris Vishnevsky, writer, publicist, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (YABLOKO)
Tatiana Voltskaya, poet, journalist
Mikhail Yasnov, poet, translator
Alexey Zakharenkov, publisher
Sergey Zavyalov, poet
Members of the Russian Free Historical Society joined the statement:
Vladislav Aksenov, Senior Researcher, Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences
Irina Arzhantseva, Leading Researcher, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science
Boris Dolgin, All-Russian Civil Forum, “European Dialogue” Expert Group
Dmitry Dubrovsky, Candidate of Historical Science, associate professor, Higher School of Economy (Moscow)
Alexey Gippius, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Higher School of Economics
Anatoly Golubovsky, Candidate of Arts
Alexey Gusev, Associate Professor of History Faculty of the Moscow State University
Alexander Kravetsky, Leading Researcher of the Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Pavel Kudyukin, co-chairman of the “University solidarity” Trade Union
Ilya Kukulin, teacher
Ivan Kurilla, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of European University
Mikhail Lipkin, teacher of history and social studies of the School N1811 (Moscow)
Vera Milchina, historian of literature, translator, leading researcher of the Institute for Higher Humanitarian Studies
Mikhail Minakov, Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Ukrainian Research Program of the Kennan Institute
Alexander Moldovan, member of the Russian Academy ofScience, Director of the Vinogradov Institute of Russian Language
Alexei Mosin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Ural Federal University
Mikhail Nemtsev, Candidate of Philosophy
Dmitry Panchenko, associate professor of the Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg
Adrian Selin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor of the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg
Irina Shcherbakova, head of the educational programs of the International Memorial
Nikita Sokolov, Ph.D., Chairman of the Council of Free Historical Society
Andrey Suslov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the Centre for Civic Education and Human Rights (Perm)
Alexey Vigasin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor of the Moscow State University
Evgeny Volkov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor of the South Ural State University
Sergey Zenkin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor of the Institute of the Higher Humanitarian Studies of the Russian State University for the Humanities
Public members also joined the statement:
Boris Katz, musicologist, literary critic
Konstantin Lifshitz, musician
Anna Bochkova, poet, translator, entrepreneur
Evgeny Sidorov, critic, literary critic, member of the Russian PEN
Olegar Fedoro, actor
Alexander Maishev, editor, journalist
Irina Snetkova, doctor
Sergei Shokarev, historian
Alexandra Sviridova, writer
Remma Mikhailovna Arshtein, pensioner, teacher
Dmitry Prilezhaev, pensioner, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Arseniy Vanhodlo, engineer, pensioner
Irina Kovaleva, editor
Victor Lunin, poet, writer, translator
Alexey Nikolaev, pensioner
Ekaterina Belavina, translator
Olga Peterson, translator
Yulia Sayapina, charitable organization worker
Mikhail Tamm, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Moscow State University, associate professor of the Higher School of Economics
Maria Geskina, translator
Oleg Gorodetsky, doctor
Natalia Vorontsova, journalist
Galina Artemenko, journalist
Tatiana Kotova, psychologist
Victor Tumarkin, computer technologist
Sergey Lebedev, writer, journalist
Natalia Mirskaya, philologist
Evgeny Toptunov, philologist
Alena Romanova, artist
Nikolay Epple, translator, journalist
Julia Arkhangelskaya, philologist
Tatiana Dolinina, teacher
Natalia Dzyadko, human rights activist
Olga Koltsova, translator
Victoria Fedorina, journalist
Irina Levontina, linguist
Inna Kharitonova, editor
Natalia Khasanova, charitable organization worker
Maya Ovchinnikova, pensioner
Nadezhda Kruchenitskaya, editor
Alexander Orlov, photographer
Alexey Kamensky, teacher
Irina Shimko, spam-analyst
Julia Ovchinnikova, art critic
Julia Poleshchuk, translator
Olga Khoroshutina, biologist
Natalia Iozenas, doctor
Yury Volnov, IT consultant, municipal deputy
Tatiana Kondratieva, clinical psychologist
Mikhail Gantman, chemist
Irina Shanaurina, educator
Svetlana Panich, translator
Galina Elchevskaya, art critic
Elizaveta Alexandrova-Zorina, writer
Elena Zaritovskaya, editor
Ekaterina Boikova, animator
Natalia Riss, director and animated film artist
Elena Asmangulian, doctor
Gora Marchenko, actor
Maxim Lyalin, manager
Dmitry Savosin, journalist, film critic, translator
Vera Smirnova, translator
Nina Khotinskaya, translator
Maria Mayofis, historian of culture
Ruslan Sukhushin, photo reporter
Natalia Nusinova, film critic, writer
Sam Klebanov, producer, film distributor, TV host
Nelly Muminova, journalist, documentary
Alexander Egay, producer
Massimo Tria, film critic
Maria Chuprinskaya, producer, actress of the Theatre.Doc and Transformer Theatre
Vlad Ketkovich, producer, documentary
Maria Phillimore-Slonim, journalist, producer
Tatyana Vladimirova, actress
Evgeny Lanskoy, unemployed
Julia Smirnova, musician, teacher
Tatiana Marcinkovskaya, psychologist
Evgenia Lozina, political scientist, historian
Ekatherina Amerik, mathematician, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Irina Badanova, translator
Marina Bobrik, Candidate of Philology, associate professor of the School of Linguistics of the Higher School of Economy
Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science
Irina Gordeeva, Candidate of Historical Sciences
Alexey Kupriyanov, Candidate of Biological Sciences, associate professor of Higher School of Economy (St. Petersburg)
Boris Nikolsky, Doctor of Philological Sciences, leading researcher of the School of Actual Humanitarian Researches of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration at the President of the Russian Federation
Larisa Melikhova, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Zhanna Reznikova, Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor
Andrey Rostovtsev, physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Alexander Shen, mathematician, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Alexey Ivanov, Doctor of Geological and Minerology Sciences, professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Tatiana Kamoza, teacher
Alexey Kondrashov, biologist, Candidate of Biological Sciences, professor at the University of Michigan (USA), head of the department of the Laboratory of evolutionary genomics of the Moscow State University
Boris Weinstein, journalist
Evgenia Shermeneva, theatrical producer
Tatiana Ryabinina, translator
Victor Platonov, artist
Mikhail Barkan, director, producer, member of “Kinoyuzuz” Union of Cinematographers
Natalia Troyantseva, poet, essayist, art-analyst
Natalia Abramson, Senior Research Scientist of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Elena Berezovich, Doctor of Philological Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Anna Dybo, Doctor of Philological Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ekaterina Elpatievskaya, historian, marketer
Nana Grinstein, screenwriter, playwriter
Andrey Gavrilov, journalist, translator
Helein Gerritsen, Director of the Festival of Eastern European Cinema (German Film Institute)
Sergey Liozov, philologist
Nikita Kuznetsov, translator
Elena Vilenskaya, public activist
Marina Buvaylo, doctor, writer
Vera Prokokova, translator
Tatiana Hein, hospital clown
Irina Dargolts, engineer
Julia Nikolaeva, linguist
Natalia Trifonova, director of rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities
Maria Kullanda, historian
Yury Shtengel, engineer
Stanislav Gutovsky, manager
Maria Delnova, teacher
Elena Babakhanova, librarian
Ekaterina Semenova, associate professor of the Institute of Philology and History of the Russian State University for the Humanities
Sergey Levaev, artist, restorer
Alexander Alexeev, artist
Olga Petrova, publishing technologist
Katerina Zinevich, screenwriter, writer
Anna Guller, PhD, Researcher
Maria Endel, editor
Irina Slutskaya, auditor
Natalia Reznitskaya, philologist
Anastasia Gryzunova, translator
Anna Chernetskaya, conference producer
Julia Zakharova, actress, screenwriter
Elena Leonova, archaeologist
Larisa Klimova, philologist
Ekaterina Zharova, philologist