Italy
Ukrainian literature comes out of the shadows Ukrainian writer and novelist Andrei Kurkov appeared in La Repubblica, underlining the limited knowledge of Ukrainian literature in Italy and in Europe. In an article, the writer explains that Ukrainian literature is being translated into Italian, but has a limited run. The article recalls how “literature of a great European nation has remained unknown in Europe not for cultural, but for geopolitical reasons”, since Russia’s message has always been that, from the former and current empire, there’s “nothing greater than Russian literature”. Nowadays, in times of war, people are rediscovering the books written in Ukrainian, as a symbolic way of declaring their own Ukrainian identity. (La Repubblica) Internal elections, political crises and war fatigue are impacting support for Ukraine, highlights an in-depth analysis published by the independent media Valigia Blu. The author describes how domestic elections in western countries are threatening the supply of military and economic aid to Ukraine, and how this is not only happening in individual states, but also in the EU as a whole. (Valigia Blu) The international justice system has been proving its ability to act promptly in Ukraine, unlike in Syria and Gambia, argues an article by the independent media IrpiMedia. Less than a month after the Russian military aggression was launched, the General Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) left for Ukraine to start investigations. Less than a year later, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for president Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. But the authors underline the risk of double standards at the ICC regarding crimes committed in other countries, such as Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan. (IrpiMedia) Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the researcher Matteo Pugliese has analysed the presence of Russian propagandists on Italian TV. Pugliese talks about his research in a podcast: propagandists mean journalists in the media controlled by the Russian regime, diplomats, academic ideologists and researchers of state-controlled universities, he explains. The most affected TV channels, according to the research, are Rete 4, La7 and to a lesser degree Rai 3. This means great confusion in Italian public opinion about who bears responsibility for the war, which can help Moscow. His study also appeared in The Guardian. (Ricercati, Chora Media) |