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Andrey Kurkov

It's a year since the protests in Ukraine's Maidan Square. Sarah Montague asks Russian-born author Andrey Kurkov, what role does language and culture play in war?

It's a year since the protests in Ukraine's Maidan Square. Protests that led to the fall of the pro-Russian government. Russian-born Andrey Kurkov has published his diary of the time. He's one of the country's most famous authors and supported the uprising. But although he lives in Ukraine, he writes in Russian and because of that he's been rejected by some as a Ukrainian writer and accused of being a traitor by Russians. Sarah Montague asks what role does language and culture play in war? And was the uprising worth it?

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Feb 2015 07:30GMT

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Presenter Sarah Montague
Interviewed Guest Andrey Kurkov

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