“The boy's father, Ilya Skavronski, told RFE/RL's Russian Service that his son has been under treatment for speech defects for several years and that "his therapist advised him to recite poetry publicly" as part of his treatment.”
Serhiy Zhadan said on February 11 that he was in Minsk to attend a poetry festival but was ordered to leave on the basis of a 2015 Russian entry ban that accused him of "involvement in terrorism." Zhadan said police and Belarusian KGB agents entered his hotel room while he was sleeping at about 2 a.
9.1 ハリコフ人権グループ Russia’s ‘anti-extremism squad’ has again descended on Alexander Byvshev, the poet and former school teacher who was convicted in July of ‘inciting enmity’ over a poem in which he expressed his opposition to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
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Leyla Latypova on Twitter: "A few days ago, authorities in Bashkortostan said they will be forming the region’s third “ethnic” battalion named… https://t.co/iwH5yLHY7m"
Poem of Taras Shevchenko, "The Сaucasus". Translated from Ukrainian by Vera Rich
Moscow Police Criticized For Detaining Boy Reading Poetry
Prominent Ukrainian Author Seized In Belarus, Ordered To Leave
詩「バービィ・ヤール」 エフゲーニー・エフトゥシェンコ
New offensive against Russian poet convicted over poem in support of Ukraine
