The writer Margaret Atwood was included in the blacklist of Russia and took it with humor

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published a list with a hundred names belonging to Canadian citizens who would face personal sanctions as an act of retaliation for the latest round of sanctions that brought 32 regime-related individuals into Canada. of Vladimir Putin. Among the Canadians on this blacklist are state officials, political analysts, journalists, members of organizations related to Ukrainians abroad, and even public figures, such as the writer Margaret Atwood and the actor Jim Carrey.

As this list circulated, Atwood joined Carrey in ridiculing the Russian travel ban imposed on them along with 98 other Canadians. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that those included in the list will not be able to set foot on Russian territory under any circumstances, in response to the measures taken by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

On the publication of the exclusive list, Jessie Gaynor, Editor-in-Chief of Literary Hub, endorsed PEN International's open letter, which was signed by more than a thousand writers from around the world, including several Nobel laureates, and which was the "Sin ” that made the kremlin include Margaret Atwood in its list of excluded. The letter expressed solidarity with writers, journalists, artists, and the people of Ukraine, condemned the Russian invasion, and called for an immediate end to the bloodshed.

Here the conversation between Margaret Atwood and Jim Carrey:

"Caramba! Jim Carrey and I had planned a little weekend getaway in Moscow. I guess now we will have to go to kyiv.” Margaret Atwood.

Yes, Margaret Atwood, I'm afraid the worst has happened. We have been banned from entering Russia... But the problems of a hundred Canadians are of no importance in this crazy world! We'll always have Paris. Here's to you, little girl": Jim Carrey

The actor and protagonist of films such as “El Grinch”, “Dr. Cable” and “Ace Ventura”, among other titles, would have been included in this sanctioned list of the Russian Federation for publishing a tweet about the recommendation of “Navalny”, the documentary film about the Russian leader and opposition leader Alexéi Navalny. “In Daniel Roher's documentary“ Navalny ”, a brave man and his family face an intolerable evil. Navalny himself exposes Czar Putin and his fiendish minions in his diabolical conspiracy to poison him, suppress the truth and intimidate the Russian people,” Jim Carrey posted on Twitter.

The Russian Federation, in addition to Trudeau, included in its list leaders, politicians and parliamentarians, members of the business community, analysts and journalists, and cultural figures, and for anyone whom the Moscow authorities labeled as "Russophobic", and the list continues to grow, as Radio Free Europe pointed out that there are already more than a thousand Canadian citizens and companies included.

For the 82-year-old writer and poet Margaret Atwood, this accusation was nothing more than an opportunity to lead, together with Carrey, a movement to give visibility to this fact in social networking spaces such as Twitter. The author of “Ojo de Gato” has criticized all kinds of tyranny through her public presentations and her published works. Over the past year she has been adamant in addressing Putin's failures in his political and arms propaganda.

Atwood has published 18 novels, 18 books of poetry and 11 non-fiction books, is supported by numerous awards, including two Bookers, and the 2016 Strunga Poetry Evenings Gold Crown, considered one of the festivals of poetry most relevant worldwide and the oldest that is held annually in North Macedonia. The writer is quite a celebrity in the world of letters and recently her popularity increased with the adaptation of her book "Handmaid's Tale" for Netflix, a text that was nominated for the 1986 Nebula award.

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The Russian Federation, in addition to Trudeau, included in its list leaders, politicians and parliamentarians, members of the business community, analysts and journalists, and cultural figures, and for anyone whom the Moscow authorities labeled as "Russophobic", and the list continues to grow, as Radio Free Europe pointed out that there are already more than a thousand Canadian citizens and companies included.