Sergey Elkin’s cartoons

Cartoonist Sergei Elkin left Russia for a special military operation in Ukraine and went to Bulgaria. He announced it on Facebook (owned by Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation). – told his subscribers. The artist is known for his work on political issues: in particular, he drew political cartoons for Deutsche Welle* and the German edition of Radio Liberty.

The last works of the artist are devoted to the presidential elections in France, as well as Vladimir Medinsky, who served as the head of the Russian delegation in the negotiations with Ukraine, the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov and the “fifth column”. and the action of Marina Ovsyannikova, ex-editor of Channel One, during the news release.

Caricature of Sergey Elkin

Political scientist Ekaterina Shulman also left Russia. On the air of the program “Status” on the author’s YouTube channel, he talked about moving to Berlin. The political scientist noted that he went to Germany as a fellow of the Robert Bosch Foundation and that the trip was purely work-related, she said.
said. He added that he received an invitation from the Bosch Foundation last spring.

After the start of the Russian Federation’s military special operation in Ukraine, many well-known public figures left Russia, including director Kirill Serebrennikov, actress Chulpan Khamatova and others. The stars’ departure was met with harsh criticism by many, calling them “traitors”.

*recognized as media-foreign agent