Event series about voices from the ’other Russia’

The Tsvetaeva Center at the University of Freiburg invites well-known regime-critical intellectuals and artists. In Russia, the word "war" has been banned to describe the aggression of Russian troops in Ukraine. Last oppositional media, such as the newspaper Novaja Gazeta , the television station Dozd or Radio Echo, have now also banned. The human rights organization Memorial was already forced to dissolve in December 2021 following a court order. Many Russian intellectuals, scientists, artists, journalists and activists who have publicly opposed the Russian war of aggression have since been forced to leave the country. In this event series, the Tsvetaeva Center for Russian Culture at the University of Freiburg would like to make some of the voices of this "other Russia" heard - with readings and lectures, concerts and films. The series, entitled "The Other Russia.