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Francesco Chiamulera: ‘The Main Vehicle of Russian Propaganda in Italy Is the Word “Peace”’ Italian journalist and director of a literary festival on Russian propaganda, the challenges facing democracy, and the power of culture Ivan and Liolia’s Dovecote The story of the Svitlychnys is about love in dark times. Amid arrests and home raids, in prison camps, in exile and in the hospital. About five visits in seven years, and two people sharing one life Independence Happened Without Me I grew up with the understanding that the Soviet Union was evil, but I never fully grasped that an independent Ukraine was good Uilleam Blacker: ‘My understanding of postcolonialism came through Ukrainian literature’ The translator and researcher on the most impactful stories in Ukrainian literature, the role of cultural diplomacy and the craft of translation The War Harvests How farmers from the north and the south of Ukraine are harvesting grain from their fields, that Russians are sowing with their mines and missiles