PEN America: ARC Deeply Concerned for Artists' Rights and Freedom of Expression in Russia
March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024
NEW YORK, March 22 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
In the run-up to the three-day election that secured Vladimir Putin a fifth term as Russia's president, the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) raided the homes and studios of more than 30 artists across the country. ARC is very disturbed by this unwarranted intervention and deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of these artists and others across Russia, whose right to free expression is relentlessly . . .
In the run-up to the three-day election that secured Vladimir Putin a fifth term as Russia's president, the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) raided the homes and studios of more than 30 artists across the country. ARC is very disturbed by this unwarranted intervention and deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of these artists and others across Russia, whose right to free expression is relentlessly . . .