Though artists such as soprano Anna Netrebko had taken to social media to denounce the war, the Times reported, it remains “unclear” whether she will perform as scheduled starting April 30.
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constitute preventive measures aiming at preserving the integrity of Gymnastics, the safety and integrity of members and all athletes and participants, and at fighting against all forms of violence and of sports injustice.”Ī few days prior, the New York Times reported that the Metropolitan Opera in New York “would no longer engage with performers or other institutions that have voiced support for” Putin. Why? FIG offered only platitudes: “these exceptional and emergency measures. On March 4, The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from their competitions. After Putin launched his invasion on February 24, international organizations and corporations have mobilized their counterattack, as it were, not against the Russian army but against Russians (or people of Russian descent) who have nothing to do with the war-even those who have been dead for centuries. The panic has been bizarre to watch, impulsive and thoughtless, yet it feels so familiar.
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A few examples illustrate the reflexes of a well-practiced cancel culture, allowing us to understand better both Western elites’ struggle to deal with retrograde acts of violence in an unusually peaceful era, as well as the nature of the culture that preceded and will outlast its application to the war in eastern Europe. A moral panic surrounding all things Russian has followed Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.