Russia’s propaganda against Ukraine: a talk with the author of ‘War Artist’
Date and time:
Thursday 30 November, 2017
19:00 - 20:30
Location:
Ukrainian Institute London
79 Holland Park
London
W11 3SW
A presentation of the book “War Artist” by Maksym Butchenko.
‘Anton Nedelkov is a miner who dreams of becoming a painter. When masked Russian special forces begin seizing control of government buildings in the Donbas in 2014 he does not support them. But as his life collapses around him he joins a motley crew of ex-miners and Russian mercenaries to fight against his own country. He comes under fire at Donetsk airport and sees Ukraine’s heroic Cyborg troops lay down their lives for freedom. Meanwhile, his brother Sergei who fled the pit to become a successful programmer in Germany returns to Ukraine to save Anton …Can the brothers mend a family torn apart by war before one of them is killed?’
This talk is organised by The Embassy of Ukraine in the UK jointly with the Ukrainian Institute London.
This event will be held in English.
FREE
Speaker
Maksym Butchenko
Maksym Butchenko is a Ukrainian writer and journalist, born in Donbas (Rovenki city, Luhansk region) in 1977 and lived there until 2012. He worked at the mine, starting work as a miner and before becoming the assistant chief of the site. After receiving a second higher education, he moved to Kyiv. He worked for the socio-political weekly "Correspondent" until resigning after the magazine was bought by oligarch Sergei Kurchenko. During Euromaidan, Butchenko worked for the magazine "Focus", and then became part of the team of the new weekly "Novoye Vremya", which became the most influential magazine in the country. Publishing house "Folio" published Butchenko’s two novels about the war in Donbas. His third novel (currently being prepared for publication) is about women who fought and the fate of soldiers who became disabled.
