Tkatjuk writes that, alongside its military invasion, Russia is trying to erase the Ukrainian identity and that the Kremlin is using culture as a weapon.
To resist it, performances of Russian works should be put on hold.
“We are not talking about burying Tchaikovsky, but rather pausing performances of his works until Russia calls off its bloody invasion. Ukraine has already done this with his and other Russian composers’ works. We call on our allies to do the same,” writes Thank you.
Sanctions of Russian culture are, alongside political and economic sanctions, “necessary if Russia’s totalitarian project is to be defeated,” he writes.