Boris Akunin will not go to the literary assembly, where Putin will be
Writer, public figure Boris Akunin The writer Boris Akunin refused to go to the Russian literary assembly, which will take place tomorrow. On his Facebook page, Akunin wrote that he made such a decision after he found out that President Vladimir Putin would be presiding at the congress of literature defenders. “While there are political prisoners in the country, to be near the ruler, just even in one room with him, I can’t,” Akunin explained.