Gennadiy Trukhanov on his page at Facebook announced the termination of cooperation with the World Club of Odessans.
"Dear Odessans! It is with great regret that we are forced to suspend our cooperation with the World Club of Odessa. It is a pity that the unchanged President of the Club is our fellow countryman Mykhailo Zhvanetsky, whose name and work mean a lot to every Odesa citizen. Including for me.
However, during the war with the Russian occupiers, the World Club of Odessans awarded a prize for winning a literary competition to Russian writers. It is about summing up the results of the Odesa International Literary Prize named after Isaac Babel, where Russian writers were both included in the jury and awarded diplomas. Among them, in particular, there are those who allowed themselves to make ambiguous statements about Ukraine, as well as cooperated with mass media, which openly support Russia's actions.
All this is happening against the background of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, when world-class artists are canceling their concerts in Russia and calling to stop the destruction of the Ukrainian people, to stop this cruel and unjust war."
