PACE resolution author Kravchuk calls to bar Russia from Venice Biennale
Deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy and author of a PACE resolution Yevhenia Kravchuk has called for Russia to be barred from participating in the Venice Biennale while its aggression against Ukraine continues.
"As rapporteur of the PACE resolution on countering the erasure of cultural identity during war, I have called for Russia not to be allowed to participate in the Venice Biennale as long as its aggression against Ukraine continues," Kravchuk said on Facebook on Monday.
She noted that Russia's aggression against Ukraine is also a war against culture, as Ukrainian artists, writers and cultural figures are being killed as a result of the war.
Kravchuk recalled that, according to the latest data, since the start of the full-scale invasion Russia has damaged or destroyed 1,685 cultural heritage sites and 2,483 cultural infrastructure facilities, over 500 of them completely destroyed.
"The return of the aggressor to major international cultural platforms creates the dangerous illusion of 'business as usual.' Together with our partners, we must prevent this," the MP said.
Kravchuk's appeal was published on the PACE website on Monday.