From Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst, InfoBrik.

Whatever one thinks of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, it seems that the “tolerant liberal West” is using war to express the most disgusting Russophobic racism and dehumanization of the Russian people. While Russian troops were flooding into Ukraine, Western liberals enthusiastically used this as an opportunity to undo the contributions of Russian art, history and culture to humanity. This happens in disgraceful proportions and has an even more insidious dimension as even the humble Russian shopkeeper in Western Europe is exposed to racist attacks.

Russia has been barred from hosting the Champions League football final and the Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix – much to the hypocrisy. The Grand Prix did not condemn Russia, but cited the “impossibility” of holding a race under the current circumstances. It now looks like the event will be held in Turkey, where there is no “impossible” for the race organizers despite the country’s illegal occupation of Cyprus, Syria and Iraq.

This was followed by the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics. Although the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] announced that competitors from both countries would be allowed to participate, albeit under a neutral flag, this was unsatisfactory for the Ukrainian athletes who issued a joint statement accusing Paralympic leaders of “choosing bloodshed over principle”. Apparently to Ukrainian athletes, even the presence of a Russian or Belarusian – regardless of their political position or opinion about the Ukrainian war – was enough to justify an overtly racist complaint. Nevertheless, the IPC succumbed to the pressure, and even a flagless Russia could not compete now.

However, it is not only in the sports arena where Russians are humiliated, targeted and constrained.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said that Russia would no longer be allowed to participate in this year’s Eurovision song contest; Britain’s Royal Opera House canceled plans to stay at Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, one of the oldest and most prestigious ballet companies in the world; and the Ukrainian Film Academy have called for an international boycott of Russian films, including a ban on Russian films at international festivals.

While banning Russians from participating in sporting competitions and canceling current events were direct reactions to the war in Ukraine, there was a much darker tone aimed even at harassing and banning “dead Russians”. What does this mean?

March 2 tweeted Italian journalist Alessandra Bocchi:

“The main Italian university in Milan has just banned the teaching of Fyodor Dostoevsky because he is a Russian writer. Dostoevsky was sent to a Siberian labor camp for reading forbidden books in Tsarist Russia. We reached a level of hatred and stupidity that I never thought possible. ”

At the time of publication, nearly 35,000 people had retweeted it, one of the most viral social media posts of the time.

The University of Milan-Bicocca notified Tuesday night Italian writer Paolo Nori that his course is on writers Crime and Punishment canceled “to avoid controversy, in times of high tension”. Nori read the message in a live video on Instagram and called the university’s decision “ridiculous” and said that “even dead Russians” were now subject to censorship in Italy. After the justified reaction, the course on Dostoevsky was nevertheless approved to continue as originally planned, and the university chancellor said he would meet Nori next week “for a moment of reflection”.

Read: Paolo Nori cries on instagram: Bicocca University cancels course at Dostoevsky

However, not only dead sports stars, entertainers, artists and writers have been attacked, but even Russian students in France, Belgium, the Czech Republic and other European Union countries have been deported. Ironically, many of these Russian students are liberal and anti-Putin, but are now being pushed aside by Western liberals from the liberal West.

This shows that the so-called tolerant liberal West hates not only Putin, but all Russian people, culture and art. After years of normalizing the demonization of Russians in the media, the Ukraine war has provided the perfect opportunity for the Russophobes to openly express their racism, knowing that they will receive little resistance.

Nevertheless, no matter what one thinks about Putin and the Ukraine war, this crisis has exposed the ugly head of Russophobic racism, which for years has peaked in the Western media and its political landscape, especially during and after the so-called “Russian Gate”. .event.

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