Sasja Filipenko on Belarus and Russia

Unable to live in Russia or Belarus, former TV presenter in Russia, Sasja Filipenko, became a novelist and wrote Red Crosses ('Uitgewiet'). Tonight he will talk about speaking truth to power, using art as a political weapon and the ways in which the Soviet past continues to influence Belarus and Russia today. You can attend this lecture in theater de Balie, the language for this evening is English.

Sasja Filipenko on Belarus and Russia

Location

De Balie

Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10

1017 RR Amsterdam

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On the lasting impact of Soviet history

Filipenko's novels are moving and provide a biting criticism of politics. He sharply analyzes the power structures within the former Soviet Union. In Red Crosses, which has been newly translated into Dutch as 'Uitgewist', he delves into the past and examines the hold that the Soviet past has on the present. He tells a story about how individual lives can be broken by the great events of history, and about the struggle against erasing that history.

Olaf Koens is a Dutch journalist and author. He was a reporter in Russia and the former Soviet Union and a correspondent for the Middle East. He has reported on revolutions and wars, looking for small stories that provide insight.