APPEAL TO WESTERN ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
The West is finally waking up to the fascistic and inhumane nature of Vladimir Putin’s regime. A global effort is now underway to end the Kremlin’s exploitation, under the cover of cultural contacts, of free access to the economic and cultural structures of democratic countries for its own agenda.
In the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine that began a week ago, the time has come for academic and cultural institutions to do the same, to both support the victim of this aggression and to counter the Putin regime’s pervasive toxic propaganda. MIT has announced that it has stopped cooperating with the Kremlin-sponsored Skolkovo program, Carnegie Hall has halted concerts by Putin apologists Valery Gergiyev and Denis Matsuev, and many countries are halting collaboration with Kremlin media. The Metropolitan Opera is severing ties with pro-Putin artists. But this is only a start, and the Kremlin’s reach remains widespread and powerful.
We, representatives of Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, US, UK and anti-Putin Russian civil society and academia, strongly urge all Western institutions to halt all forms of cooperation with Kremlin-connected entities and sponsors. We urge students, professors, alumni and all those who stand with Ukraine in the face of Putin’s aggression to demand this action from administrators who have long turned a blind eye to the ways Russian financial support may simply buy respectability and blunt our search for truth. In particular, we urge:
· All entities around the world to stop any and all collaboration with Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russkiy Mir Foundation, the Gorchakov Fund, the Dialogue of Civilizations Institute in Berlin and the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation in Paris, which routinely churn out malign Kremlin propaganda, often directed against Ukraine. All these entities should immediately lose their right to operate on Western soil just as Russia Today (RT), Sputnik and other propaganda outlets have. We also demand cutting all ties with the Valdai Discussion Club, Putin’s platform for promoting his political agenda;
· New York University to rename the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and drop any cooperation with the Kremlin oligarch Boris Jordan who was involved in the suppression of free media in Russia;
· Harvard University, Yale University, the Council on Foreign Relations, the New York Academy of Sciences, Tel Aviv University and other institutions in the US and around the world to rename programs and buildings named after Kremlin oligarch Len Blavatnik who derives massive insider benefits from Putin’s regime, suppresses free speech, cooperates with corrupt Russian officials, and funds Russian entertainment propaganda outlets in Russia and anti-Ukrainian propaganda films worldwide;
· Columbia University to sever ties with the Russian government within the Russian Library book series publications of Columbia University Press. While we consider the translation of Russian literature an important enterprise, funding for this program comes via the Institute for Literary Translation (Institut Perevoda). Its co-founder is the Russian propaganda TV channel Russia Today (RT), while the Institute’s head of supervisory board is Vladimir Grigoriev, the deputy head of Roskomnadzor (Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), which has severely censored Russian news outlets, political opposition, bloggers, and social media reporting on aggression against Ukraine since 2014. Direct participation in cultural diplomacy projects of a criminal regime is unworthy of a university of Columbia’s stature.
· Kennan Institute, Wilson Center to rescind past awards and drop any ongoing cooperation with Kremlin oligarchs Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, Viktor Vekselberg, and Len Blavatnik for their proximity to Putin and malign influence in the West and against Ukraine. We also recommend the full re-opening of the Kyiv-based branch of the Kennan Institute, which was abruptly shut down by past leadership with close ties to Kremlin oligarchs;
· Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to close its Moscow branch which has been peddling Kremlin narratives around the world, including against Ukraine;
· The Center for the National Interest and The Carmel Institute of Russian Culture and History at American University to remove Dimitri Simes and Anton Fedyashin for their toxic anti-Ukrainian and pro-Putin propaganda. Both entities must stop channeling Kremlin narratives and inviting Putin’s trusted representatives to the West;
· Cambridge University to drop further cooperation with the Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash for his insider deals with Gazprom and other malign influence against Ukraine and the West;
· Oxford University to rename the Blavatnik School of Government and to drop any cooperation with Kremlin oligarch Len Blavatnik. Oxford’s Said Business School must rescind past support to joint prizes with Alfa Bank, an entity which is now sanctioned by the US, EU, and Canada for its help in raising money for the Kremlin;
· Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum to rename The Moshe Mirilashvili Center and halt any cooperation with Kremlin oligarch Mikhael Mirilashvili, a close Putin ally who has spread Kremlin propaganda about World War II, which is directed against Ukraine and EU countries;
· Tel Aviv University to rename The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and halt any cooperation with Vyacheslav (Moshe) Kantor for his proximity to Putin and spreading Kremlin propaganda about World War II, which is directed against Ukraine and EU countries;
· The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Metropolitan Opera and other art and musical entities to stop all performances by Putin’s trusted representatives and staunch political supporters, including Valery Gergiyev, Denis Matsuev, Igor Butman, Anna Netrebko, Vladimir Spivakov, and others.
· Carnegie Hall, Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert Museum, Bodleian Library and other cultural entities to rename programs and buildings named after Kremlin oligarch Len Blavatnik and stop any cooperation with him for reasons mentioned above;
· Academic and other entities in the US, UK, Canada, and Germany to stop any cooperation under the Alfa Fellowship with EU sanctioned Kremlin oligarchs and other principals of the US sanctioned Alfa Bank.
In its naked brutality the war being waged by Putin’s Russia against Ukraine is also a war against western democracy and the rule of law. Along with democratic values, civilized, humane values are also an essential part of the resistance to Putin’s aggression. Not least of all, the war has also shown the issue to be both global and moral. Oligarchs who collaborate with and enable Putin’s regime should not retain their positions of honor and influence in those same Western societies that the Putin regime is intent on degrading and ultimately destroying.
Not least of all, Ukraine, a country being devastated by Putin’s massive and annihilatory attack, is desperately in need of Western support, contacts, and investments. A formulation of pressing needs and programs is a first priority.
This appeal will be shared on social media under #BLOCKPUTINSWALLETS
Organizational signatories:
- Anti-Corruption Action Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Arts Against Aggression, Boston, USA
- American Association for Ukrainian Studies, USA
- Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US, USA
- European Values Center for Security Policy, Czech Republic
- The Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Association of the Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Congress of Ethnic Communities of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Joint Baltic American National Committee, USA
- Human Rights Center ZMINA, Ukraine
- DEJURE Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Belarus Free Theatre, United Kingdom
- Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”, Ukraine
- National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Kyiv Mohyla School for Policy Analysis, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Shevchenko Scientific Society, Uninted States
- Owen/Cox Dance Group, USA
- Institute of molecular biology and genetics , NAS of Ukraine
- National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding
- The Russian Reader, United States
- Blue Point Art Gallery London
- Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America, United States
- Center for US-Ukrainian Relations
- CARE Arthritis Limited, Canada
- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, Kyiv, Ukrainian NAS
- Ukrainian Studies Fund, United States
- Basel Institute on Governance, Switzerland
- Ukrainian Free University, Munich, Germany
- Bikbova Law Offices, P.C, United States
Individual signatories:
- Tetiana Shevchuk, Anti-corruption Action Centre, Kyiv
- Daria Kaleniuk, Anti-corruption Action Centre, Kyiv
- Dmitry Smelyansky, Arts Against Aggression, Boston
- Ilya Zaslavskiy, Underminers.info, Washington, D.C.
- Halyna Hryn, president, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
- Oxana Shevel, president, American Association for Ukrainian Studies; Tufts University
- Oleh Kotsyuba, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
- George G. Grabowicz, academic vice president, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Harvard University
- Vitaly Chernetsky, first vice president, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Kansas University
- Virko Baley, academic vice president, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, learned secretary, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Northwestern University
- Askold Melnyczuk, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Olena Nikolayenko, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Fordham University
- Roman Shirokov, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Rutgers University
- Ivanna Bilych, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US
- Zenon Wasyliw, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Ithaca College
- Solomiya Ivakhiv, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; University of Connecticut
- Margarita Balmaceda, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Seton Hall University
- Laada Bilaniuk, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; University of Washington
- Anna Procyk, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; City University of New York
- Andriy Danylenko, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US; Pace University
- Emily Channel-Justice, American Association for Ukrainian Studies; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
- Sophia Wilson, American Association for Ukrainian Studies; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Alexandra Hrycak, American Association for Ukrainian Studies; Reed College
- George Soroka, American Association for Ukrainian Studies; Harvard University
- Karine Orlova, exiled journalist, Washington, D.C.
- Olga Lautman, kleptocracy researcher, New York
- Roman Torgovitsky, Healing War Scars, Boston/Kyiv
- Josef Zissels, co-president of the Association of the Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine, Kyiv
- Tom Mueller, anti-corruption expert, author of Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud, Milan
- Matej Kandrik, STRATPOL – Strategic Policy Institute, Slovakia
- Edward Lucas, Times Columnist and Parliamentary Candidate, UK
- Pavel Havlíček, Analyst, Association for International Affairs, Czech Republic
- Marius Laurinavičius, an independent analyst on international relations and security , Lithuania
- Jakub Janda, Executive Director, European Values Center for Security Policy
- Veronika Víchová, Deputy Director for Analysis, European Values Center for Security Policy
- Andrei Piontkovsky, independent analyst, Washington, D.C.
- Sarah Chayes, international corruption expert, author of On Corruption in America — And What Is at Stake.
- Dr. George Mchedlishvili, Associate Professor, European University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Andrei Zagdansky, independent filmmaker, New York
- Andrey Sidelnikov, international movement “Speak Up!”, London
- Martin Dewhirst, University of Glasgow (retired), United Kingdom
- Olexiy Haran, Professor of Politics, Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
- Sergiy Fedunyak, Professor, Yuriy Fed’kovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
- Roman Kalytchak, Associate Professor, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
- Ariana Gic, political and legal analyst, Director, Direct Initiative International Centre for Ukraine
- Roman Sohn, Legal expert, Chairman, Direct Initiative International Centre for Ukraine
- John Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia & Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
- Oleksandr Potiekhin, Research Fellow, Institute of World History NAS of Ukraine, Professor, Sumy State Pedagogical University
- Andrei Sannikov, Civil Campaign “European Belarus”
- Volodymyr Kulyk, Senior Researcher, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Karl Altau, Managing Director, Joint Baltic American National Committee, Washington, D.C.
- Amy Knight, author of Orders To Kill: The Putin Regime and Political Murder, USA
- Natalia Moussienko,Leading Research Fellow, Modern Art Research Institute, National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
- Grygoriy Shamborovskyi, Professor of the Department of International Economic Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
- Yevhen Bystrytsky, Professor, Leading Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Christopher A. Hartwell, Professor and Head of the International Management Institute, ZHAW School of Management and Law, Switzerland
- Tetiana Pechonchyk, PhD of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Human Rights Center ZMINA (Ukraine)
- Yaroslav Zhalilo, Dr. Sc., National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Drew Sullivan, Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Sarajevo, BiH
- Serhiy Kudelia, Associate Professor of Political Science, Baylor University
- Yevgeniy Zakharov, PhD, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group “Memorial”
- Danylo Metelskyi, Director NGO “Center of Social Transformations”
- Olena Sotnyk, human rights defender, Member of Ukrainian Parliament 2014-2019
- Vita Dumanska, PhD, Leader of CHESNO Movement, Kyiv
- Iryna Fedoriv, Editor in Chief, CHESNO Movement, Kyiv
- Mariya Ortynska, Lawyer, IP Style
- Mykhailo Zhernakov, Ph.D, Chair of the Board, DEJURE Foundation, Judge of the Vinnytsia District Administrative Court 2012-2015
- Hanna Shelest, PhD, UA: Ukraine Analytica, Director of Security Programs, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
- Tetiana Zosymenko, Ph.D, Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Economic Diplomacy Program Director, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
- Iaroslav Chornogor, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World History of the NAS of Ukraine, Deputy Chief Editor “The Ukrainian Week”, Board Member of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
- Oleksandr Kraiev, PhD Candidate, Director of North America program in Foreign policy council “Ukrainian Prism”
- Mykhailo Drapak, PhD Candidate, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Expert of the Regional Initiatives and Neighborhood Program of the Foreign Policy Council «Ukrainian Prism»
- Maria Avdeeva, Research Director European Expert Association, Ukraine
- James Nixey, Director, Russia-Eurasia Programme, Chatham House, United Kingdom
- Natalia Kaliada, co-artistic director of Belarus Free Theatre, United Kingdom
- Nicolai Khalezin, co-artistic director of Belarus Free Theatre, United Kingdom
- Sergiy Gerasymchuk, Deputy Executive Director, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”
- Maryna Khromykh, Executive Director DEJURE Foundation
- Yuriy Matsiyevsky, Professor of Political Science, Ostroh Academy National University, Ukraine
- Andrii Vyshnevskyi, alumnus of the University of Oxford, MPP from Blavatnik School of Government
- Kateryna Shynkaruk, Ph.D., Associate Professor of International Relations, Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
- John Crowfoot, editor/translator of Anna Politkovskaya, A Dirty War, founder / manager of The Dmitriev Affair website
- Artem Romaniukov, co-founder SaveEcoBot / SaveDnipro, Stanford Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program fellow
- Svitlana Matviienko, Ukrainian School of Political Studies, Agency for Legislative Initiatives, Ukraine
- Pavel Litvinov, Soviet dissident leader, director of Andrei Sakharov Foundation
- Markian Dobczansky, Associate, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, United States
- Myron O. Stacniw, Historian, Independent Scholar; Board Member, Shevchenko Scientific Society in the USA
- Cristina Andronache, Romania
- Ganna Elska, Institute of molecular biology and genetics, NAS of Ukraine
- Viktor Neiström Ortynski, PhD, Sweden
- Michelle Carey, USA
- Ernest Wyciszkiewicz, Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding
- Anatoly Zagorodny, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Alexey Ladokhin, Professor, KUMC, United States
- Alexandra Kushnir, MD, biomedical section, Shevchenko Scientific Society
- Oksana Clarizia
- Andriy Zayarnyuk, Professor, University of Winnipeg, Canada
- Mykola Osypenko, Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophical Theology. University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Suzanne Scarlata, Whitcomb Professor of Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States
- Stepan Blinder, PhD Candidate in Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Susan E Carlson, United States
- Douglas Tobias, Distinguished Professor and Chair, United States
- Jennifer Owen, Artistic Director, Owen/Cox Dance Group, United States
- Alicia Varela
- Viktor Neiström Ortynski, PhD, Sweden
- Michelle Carey, United States
- Daniel Otzen, Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Agnė Caldara, musician, Germany
- Alexander Etkind
- Manuel Prieto, Professor, Lisbon University, Portugal
- Mara Polakova, translator, Latvia
- Oksana Nezhyvenko, PhD in economics, Associate professor, National university of Kyiv-Mohyla academy
- Justinas Mickus, associate analyst, Eastern Europe Studies Center, Lithuania
- Mikhail Iossel, writer, professor, Montreal
- Sandro Keller, Professor of Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences (IMB), University of Graz, Austria
- Thomas Campbell, freelance translator and editor, United States
- Anton Markoč, Associate Professor of General Education, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
- Guillermo Marques, Minneapolis, Unites States
- Mykhailo Tukalo, Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics NAS of Ukraine
- Christine Jacobson, Assistant Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts, Harvard Library, United States
- Mikhail Filippov, Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY), United States
- Volodymyr Ivanytsia, vice-rector, Odesa Mechnikov National University, Ukraine
- Tetiana Filipova, Professor of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine
- Galkin, professor, Mechnikov national university of Odessa, Ukraine
- Dr. Anna Grebinyk, Germany
- Anna Yudin, gestalt therapist, supervisor and teacher, Notway
- Marta Farion, president Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America, United States
- Roman Tratch, PhD., foreign member of the Academy of Paedagogical Scieces of Ukraine, United States
- Sandrine Pierre, United States
- Serhiy Bilenky, historian, research associate, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canada
- Dr. Svitlana Biedarieva, Ibero-American University
- Mykola Hryckowian, Washington DC, Director of Center for US-Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR), United States
- Dr. Walter P. Maksymowych, Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada
- Olexandr Kornelyuk, Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Ukraine
- Daniel G Swistel, MD, Professor of Surgery. New York University, former President, Ukrainian Institute of America
- Daria Fedorovych lider scientist Institute of Cell Biology NAS of Ukraine
- Mykhailo Gonchar, Head of the Department, Institute of Cell Biology, Ukraine
- Oksana Berezovska, PhD, MGB, Boston, United States
- Stephanie Briggs, United Kingdom
- Anton Makarevych, MFA Arts, Arizona State University
- Dr. Oleksandr Shcheglovitov, Assistant Professor, University if Utah, United States
- Evgeniya Dudina, visiting scholar Dickinson college, United States
- Tetyana Korchak, MD, biomedical section, Shevchenko Scientific Society
- Kenneth R. Peterson, PhD, Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, United States
- Bret Freudenthal, Associate Professor, KUMC, United States
- Leonid Dubrovinsky, Professor, Bayreuth University, Germany
- Elizabeth Wilson
- Adam Sybera, information analyst, Kremlin Watch, European Values Centre for Security Policy, Czech Republic
- Dr Daniel Green, Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Valery Gusynin, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Fabrice Smieliauskas, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, United States
- KristineZiedina
- Dr Lika Glonti, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Malkhaz Nakashidze, Professor, Jean Monnet Chair, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State Universury, Georgia
- Liis Samon-Januszewski, Washington, United States
- Richard Arnold, Associate Professor of Political Science, Muskingum University, United States
- Mariia Shynkarenko, PhD Candidate, The New School
- Kevin McNamara, Professor, United States
- Albert Legzdins
- Michelle Groulx, Planet Lite, Canada
- Eirik Lokke
- Soumya Naidu, United States
- Melanie Mantenieks
- Professor Serhiy Komisarenko, Director Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Dmytro Redchyts, Deputy Director for Research and Organizational Work, Institute of Transport Systems and Technologies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
- Sergiy Perepelytsya, Scientific Secretary, Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
- David Lordkipanidze, Director, National Museum, Georgia
- Kristofer Harrison, United States
- Ingo Steinhaeuser, Thomson Reuters, United States
- Michael J. Dziedzic, PhD, George Mason University, United States
- Ligia Maura Costa, Lawyer, Brazil
- Alexander Motyl, Professor, Rutgers University
- Bohdan Vitvitsky, President, Ukrainian Studies Fund, United States
- Bohdan Klid, Research Director, Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, Canada
- Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk, Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, Canada
- Lana Krys, Assistant Professor, MacEwan University, Canada
- Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Canada
- Christopher A. Corpora, PhD
- Irene Zabytko, Writer, United States
- Gretta Fenner, Managing Director, Basel Institute on Governance, Switzerland
- Maria O. Pryshlak, Rector, foremerly Georgetown University, Ukrainian Free University, Munich, Germany
- Nate Sibley, Kleptocracy Initiative, United States
- Julia Bikbova, Principal Attorney, Bikbova Law Offices, P.C, United States
- Dmitry Kleinbock, Professor of Mathematics, Brandeis University
- Tanya Chebotarev, Bakhmeteff Archive, Columbia University, New York, United States
- Kevin Anderson, Clerk of the Courts, Maryland Circuit Court, United States
- Maria G. Rewakowicz, Affiliate Faculty, University of Washington, United States
- Myroslava Znayenko, Professor Emerita Rutgers University, American Association for Ukrainian Studies, United States
- Maryna Skok, Academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Julianna Lozynsky
- Volodymyr Tarabara, Professor, Director, Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Michigan State University, United States
- Eric Carlson, Montclair NJ, United States
- Dr Alex Krouglov, Associate Professor, SSEES, UCL, United Kingdom
- Ezra Getzler, Professor of Mathematics, Northwestern University, United States
- Serhy Yekelchyk, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada
- Hanna Protasova, MA candidate, University of Victoria, Canada
- Marko Robert Stech, Director of CIUS Press and Scholarly Publications, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Canada
- Alex Pryrodny, musician, NYC, United States
- Eduard Baidaus, Postdoctoral Fellow, HREC/CIUS, University of Alberta, Canada
- Peter Oppenheimer, Emeritus fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford Exeter, and Research Associate, University of Oxford and LSE, United Kingdom
- Dr Tena Prelec, Research Fellow, University of Exeter, and Research Associate, University of Oxford and LSE, United Kingdom
- Slava Paperno, Russian language teacher, Ithaca, NY, United States
- Nora A Smith, retired senior lecturer, Boston University, United States
- Alisha Gajjar-Fleming, MA student, University of Victoria, Canada
- Christina Melnik, United States
- Nataliya Bezborodova, Lecturer, University of Alberta, Canada
- Kenneth Hurwitz, Anticorrption lawer, United States
- Mark Mansfield
- Bohdan Nebesio, Professor, Brock University, Canada
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