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Yeah, I don't get this impulse to censor everything "Russian", including Russian dissidents have been "de-platformed" in some arenas (a Russian musician comes to mind). The Russian people, in particular, seem to be majority against this war, given the level of protests and resistance in the face of forcible "drafting" into the "cause". Putin is hanging onto his leadership by force, not by popular support at this point. In previous war efforts, we have made distinctions between the civilians that have been "drafted" into the cause and the leadership of the effort itself. And in the arena of a fictional novel that is set in the past "pre-Putin" this seems especially stupid.

Well let's hope this brings some sense into the absurd "cancellation" craze happening in literature, it's well past time.

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