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Pavlo Koschka

Community Centre Coordinator for Ukrainian Voices Refugee Committee in Brussels; former opera director at Odesa Opera House (2015–2022)

Jul 1, 2026

speaker_3HOST
4:14
And now with many Ukrainians in Belgium and in Brussels, how is the artistic vibe of Ukrainians in the city?
4:23
Here in Brussels? Oh, so we faced a lot of Russian art here.
4:29
So it's not so easy to promote Ukrainian culture because, guys, if you look in La Monet, for example, for next season, you will find some Russian opera, Boris Gadunov, with the Russian cast.
4:40
So I wrote it in the article in my LinkedIn about this because I'm really don't understand why you guys Europeans accepted the Russian art.
4:51
I know for you there are no relation between the Putin regime and some like art like operas like Dostoevsky or something like this.
4:59
but for for us guys it's the linked so it's like how to say it's some kind of russian aggression advocacy let's say because when you accepted the russians on your stage you invite them you paint them the salary and something like this afterwards these guys came back to russia buy some i don't know so there are no coca-cola they buy some like they used to buy And they pay taxes and the Russian Putin's regime used these taxes to buy the missiles and hit Ukrainian cities.
5:28
Yes, it's not so obvious for everybody, but really it's a strong connection.

21 MINS LATER

speaker_0HOST
26:24
Is there, for the future, when hopefully the war stops at a certain point, is there a chance to reconcile or to become friends again in 20, 30 years?

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