georges eva, a russian wordsmith, a french historian of literature, and a professor at the university of geneva, who told me when i was asked about the crimea, he told me, well, i’m sorry, but russia has a historical right to the crimea, do you remember the fat and sevastopol stories, and i i understood that the situation with this colonial lens regarding ukraine is very difficult for us. my first question is, is it possible for you to generalize how the western academy is currently reacting to this full-scale invasion of the russian federation. can you describe the reactions of people who are with you, for example, in working in italy, you know , the question is extremely difficult, because it all depends on the university, the context, the specific country, and the tradition of slavic studies in a specific country. view of the general characteristics of this issue i cannot even give you, because i can say about my university, i was absolutely amazed when suddenly the whole university, literally at all levels at all levels, responded absolutely positively from the side of ukraine firmly withou