{"id":26376,"date":"2022-02-19T12:10:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T17:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=26376"},"modified":"2022-03-29T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T12:01:12","slug":"statement-of-peace-supporters-against-the-party-of-war-in-the-russian-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=26376","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Peace Supporters against the Party of War in the Russian leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

An open letter published on the website of Echomsk radio<\/a> (translated from the Russian by CPNN) (website later blocked by Russian government<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The flow of disturbing information about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine is intensifying.\u00a0There are reports of intensive recruitment of mercenaries in Russia and the transfer of fuel and military equipment to the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine.\u00a0In response, Ukraine is intensively arming, NATO is sending additional forces to Eastern Europe.\u00a0The tension does not subside, but on the contrary, it only grows.<\/p>\n

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In fact the citizens of Russia are becoming hostages of the criminal adventurism of Russian foreign policy.\u00a0 They not only live in uncertainty if a big war will begin, but also observe a sharp rise in prices and a fall in the value of the national currency.\u00a0Do we need such a policy in Russia?\u00a0Do we want war, and are we ready to bear its burden?\u00a0Did we give the authorities the right to play such a game with our destinies?<\/p>\n

But no one asks the citizens of Russia.\u00a0There is no public discussion.\u00a0Only one point of view is presented on state television, and that is the point of view of the supporters of the war.\u00a0 We hear about military threats and aggression concerning Ukraine by America and Western countries.\u00a0But the most dangerous thing is that war is being presented as an acceptable and inevitable course of events.\u00a0People are trying to deceive, corrupt, impose on us the idea of a holy war with the West instead of developing our country and raising our standard of living.\u00a0The question is not discussed, but it is ordinary people who will have to pay this price – a huge and bloody price.<\/p>\n

We, responsible citizens of Russia and patriots of our country, appeal to the political leadership of Russia, and we issue an open and public challenge to the War Party, which has been formed within the government.<\/p>\n

We express the point of view of that part of Russian society that hates war and considers even the use of a military threat and criminal style in foreign policy rhetoric to be a crime.<\/p>\n

We hate war, while you think it is acceptable.\u00a0We stand up for peace and prosperity for all citizens of Russia, while you put ourr lives and destinies on the line in your political game.\u00a0You are deceiving and using people, and we are telling them the truth.\u00a0We are speaking on behalf of Russia, and not you, because the peoples of Russia, having lost millions of people in the wars of the past, for many decades live by the proverb “let there not be war.”\u00a0Have you forgotten about it?<\/p>\n

Our position is extremely simple: Russia does not need a war with Ukraine and the West.\u00a0Nobody threatens us, nobody attacks us.\u00a0A policy based on promoting the idea of such a war is immoral, irresponsible and criminal, and should not be carried out on behalf of the peoples of Russia.\u00a0Such a war can have neither legitimate nor moral goals.\u00a0The diplomacy of the country should take any other position than the categorical rejection of such a war.<\/p>\n

War does not correspond to the interests of Russia, and it poses a threat to our very existence.\u00a0The insane actions of the political leadership of the country, pushing us to this point, will inevitably lead to the formation of a mass anti-war movement in Russia.\u00a0Each of us naturally becomes a part of it.<\/p>\n

We will do everything possible to prevent, and if necessary, stop the war.<\/p>\n

(Continued in right column)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Questions related to this article:<\/div>\n
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\n Can the peace movement help stop the war in the Ukraine?<\/a><\/p>\n

How can the peace movement become stronger and more effective?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(Continued from left column)<\/p>\n

Congress of Intelligentsia collects signatures\u00a0here<\/a>
\nThe full list of signatories is available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lev Ponomarev*, human rights activist\u2028
\nValery Borshchev, human rights activist\u2028
\nSvetlana Gannushkina, human rights activist\u2028
\nLeonid Gozman, politician\u2028
\nLiya Akhedzhakova, actress, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation\u2028
\nAndrey Makarevich, musician\u2028
\nHarry Bardin, director\u2028
\nViktor Shenderovich*, writer\u2028
\nTatyana Lazareva, TV presenter\u2028
\nAndrey Zubov, historian, politician\u2028
\nAndrey Nechaev , politician\u2028
\nAlina Vitukhnovskaya, writer\u2028
\nAlexander Belavin, physicist\u2028
\nNikolai Rozanov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences\u2028
\nNatalia Evdokimova, executive secretary of the Human Rights Council of St. Petersburg\u2028
\nEfim Khazanov, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences\u2028
\nIlya Ginzburg, physicist, professor\u2028
\nZoya Svetova, journalist\u2028
\nGrigory Yavlinsky, politician\u2028
\nLev Shlosberg, politician\u2028
\nBoris Vishnevsky, politician\u2028
\nLev Gudkov, sociologist, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor\u2028
\nIgor Chubais, philosopher\u2028
\nTatyana Voltskaya*, poet, journalist\u2028
\nBoris Sokolov, historian, writer\u2028
\nMikhail Krieger, civic activist\u2028
\nVeronika Dolina, poet\u2028
\nVladimir Mirzoev , director\u2028
\nKsenia Larina, journalist\u2028
\nAndrey Piontkovsky, publicist,\u2028
\nMark Urnov, HSE professor\u2028
\nMikhail Lavrenov, writer\u2028
\nNikolai Prokudin, writer\u2028
\nElena Fanailova, poet, journalist\u2028
\nGrigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko, clergyman\u2028
\nLev Levinson, human rights activist\u2028
\nSergei Germann, writer\u2028
\nVladimir Alex, civil activist\u2028
\nYuri Gimmelfarb, journalist\u2028
\nYuri Samodurov, human rights activist\u2028
\nYevgeny Tsymbal, civil activist\u2028
\nVitaly Dixon, writer\u2028
\nNatalia Mavlevich, translator\u2028
\nAshraf Fattakhov, lawyer\u2028
\nViktor Yunak, writer\u2028
\nValeria Prikhodkina, human rights activist\u2028
\nElena Grigorieva, children’s poet\u2028
\nVera Shabelnikova, editor\u2028
\nMair Makhaev, philosopher, linguist\u2028
\nAmnuel Grigory, producer, director, publicist, politician.\u2028
\nSergei Krivenko, human rights activist\u2028
\nYaroslav Nikitenko, environmental and civil activist, scientist\u2028
\nTatyana Yankelevich Bonner, human rights activist\u2028
\nNikita Sokolov, historian\u2028
\nAnatoly Golubovsky, historian\u2028
\nNikolai Rekubratsky, researcher\u2028
\nVitold Abankin, human rights activist\u2028
\nElena Bukvareva, Doctor of Biology\u2028
\nIgor Toporkov, human rights activist
\nYevgeny Kalakin, director\u2028
\nLyudmila Alpern, human rights activist\u2028
\nNina Katerli, writer\u2028
\nVladimir Zalishchak, municipal deputy\u2028
\nOlga Mazurova, doctor\u2028
\nOleg Motkov, director\u2028
\nNatalya Pakhsaryan, professor of Moscow State University\u2028
\nElena Volkova, philologist, culturologist\u2028
\nValery Otstavnykh, director, journalist\u2028
\nGeorgy Karetnikov, civic activist\u2028
\nMarina Boroditskaya, writer\u2028
\nSergey German, member of the Writers’ Union of Russia\u2028
\nSergey Lutsenko, animation supervisor\u2028
\nAlexey Diveev, programmer\u2028
\nTatyana Vorozheikina, lecturer at the Free University of Moscow\u2028
\nTatyana Kotlyar, human rights activist\u2028
\nAnatoly Barmin, pharmacist\u2028
\nValentin Skvortsov, professor at Moscow State University\u2028
\nLev Ingel, physicist\u2028
\nMikhail Mints, historian\u2028
\nLeonid Chubarov, professor\u2028
\nKatya-Anna Taguti, artist\u2028
\nElena Efros, civic activist\u2028
\nAnna Shapiro, director\u2028
\nTatyana Dorutina, member of the Human Rights Council of St. Petersburg\u2028
\nArkady Konikov, programmer\u2028
\nSergei Pechenkin, civic activist\u2028
\nAnatoly Razumov, historian\u2028
\nAlexander Sannikov, retired Colonel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\u2028
\nAnatoly Tsirlin, Professor\u2028
\nKaren Hakobyan, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor<\/p>\n

* These signatories are recognized by the Russian government as “foreign agents.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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