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Russia: academic fired from St. Petersburg university after supporting jailed 'anti-war' artist in court (novayagazeta.eu)
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Svetlana Drugoveyko-Dolzhanskaya, a philologist who provided expert testimony supporting Sasha Skochilenko, a jailed artist who is currently under investigation for replacing supermarket price tags with anti-war statements, has been fired from her teaching position at St. Petersburg State University.

Drugoveyko-Dolzhanskaya now said that she had been fired for “committing an amoral act” and said she would challenge the decision in court despite not expecting a verdict in her favour.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

'supporting the dictatorship' is the easiest way to live relatively safe life there. It is hard to blame people for trying to survive. Yes that is not a healthy society, but that is not easy to change.