People are standing with Ukraine by allegedly banning Russian literature, movies, and cats

We heard President Joe Biden announce during the State of the Union address Tuesday night that he was closing American airspace to Russian jets, something many European countries had already done. The idea is to isolate Russia to rebuke Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine. A lot of people are having ideas of how they can sanction Russia in their own ways, like refusing to buy Russian vodka. Some people are taking things too far, though. We didn’t believe it at first, but a university in Italy has reportedly postponed the teaching of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

 

Italy’s main University in Milan just banned teaching Fyodor Dostoevsky because he’s a Russian writer.

Dostoevsky was sent to a Siberian labour camp for reading banned books in Tsarist Russia.

We are reaching levels of hatred and stupidity that I thought were never possible.

— Alessandra (@alessabocchi) March 2, 2022

In Scotland, the Glasgow Film Festival has announced that it is withdrawing two Russian titles from the program. “We just believe that it would be inappropriate to proceed as normal with these screenings in the current circumstances,” reads a statement.

 

A statement from Glasgow Film Festival. pic.twitter.com/HjyYXhYPCJ

— Glasgow Film Festival (@glasgowfilmfest) February 28, 2022

The Russian conductor of the Munich Philharmonic was sent packing for refusing to denounce Putin.

 

Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been fired from his post with the Munich Philharmonic for not rejecting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Rotterdam Philharmonic in the Netherlands also cut ties with Gergiev. https://t.co/FWVsDnZoQ9

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 1, 2022

And we’re hearing from Chinese state-owned media that Russian cats are being banned from international competition.

 

Sanctions on cats? 🐈

Russian-owned cats have been banned from international competition following the invasion of Ukraine. FIFe (Fédération Internationale Féline) has also ruled that no Russian-bred cat can be imported and registered in its pedigree book outside Russia. pic.twitter.com/8CBHfgGTOZ

— CGTN Europe (@CGTNEurope) March 2, 2022

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By Brett T. | Twitchy.com