During the Ukraine-Russia Dialogue Forum held in Kiev on April 26-27, 2014, the Russian PEN Centre issued a statement welcoming constructive communication with regard to the political crisis between the two countries.

The statement, which was signed on behalf of the Russian PEN by M. Vishnevetskaya, I. Irteniev, K. Kedrov, L. Rubinstein, L. Simonov, O. Summ, L. Timofeev, L. Ulitskaya, described the Russian Government’s policy of aggression vis-à-vis Ukraine as “inexcusable and intolerable.”

See the full PDF document below.

Russian PEN Centre Statement on Ukraine-Russia Dialogue Forum