Writer Linor Goralik was excluded from the program of the Estonian literary festival after a protest from Ukrainian participants

literary festival Ukrainian poets Anna Gruver and Olena Guseinova, participating in the Prima Vista in the Estonian city of Tartu, spoke out against the headliner of the event, Russian-language writer Linor Goralik, and she was excluded from the program. This was reported by ERR .

Goralik was born in the Ukrainian city of Dnepr, during her school years she moved with her family to Israel, and since 2000 she has lived in Russia. In 2014, the writer left and received Israeli citizenship. After the start of the war, Goralik launched the anti-war art magazine Russian Oppositional Arts Review (ROAR).

According to Huseynova, the publication “protects ‘Russian-speakers’ and legitimizes their magazine with several Ukrainian surnames.” “Smart people like Linor Goralik do this deliberately. Linor Goralik’s Israeli passport is a kind of shield for Russian participants,” added the poetess.

The Ukrainian also believes that Goralik cannot take part in Prima Vista, because “when crimes by the Russian military are committed in Ukraine, it is impossible to discuss problems related to Russian culture.”

As a result, yesterday, on the first day of the festival, Goralik was excluded from the program. Chairman of the board of the event, Christa Aru, explained this decision by “the need to reduce the degree of tension among foreign guests.”

In the summer, Roskomnadzor blocked website the ROAR . Around the same time, Goralik launched a website about politics for teenagers, “News 26,” the Prosecutor General’s Office demanded that access to it be restricted—the website designer Tilda sent the publication a notice of blocking.

Mediazona, in partnership with the anti-war children's project Linor Goralik , issued instructions for teenagers on how to behave when meeting with security forces and during conversations with school management if they are related to the student's anti-war position.

Corrected at 21:11 . Previously, the news erroneously cited the writer’s biography.