‘Not many events like this left’ — A Ukrainian literary festival in a city falsely claimed by Russia

‘Not many events like this left’ — A Ukrainian literary festival in a city falsely claimed by Russia

When Russia illegally declared ownership in 2022 over all of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast – despite never fully capturing or controlling much of it — it only strengthened the case for holding a literary festival there, says Svyatoslav Pomerantsev, president of the international literary corporation Meridian Czernowitz.Hosting a cultural event in the region, despite the risks, was a way to push back against Russia's territorial claims by affirmi…