Everything for Goma? Why?!

Moldova can’t be without scandals – it doesn't turn out in any way. First the politicians will blurt out something silly, the streets are renamed, then struggle with Pushkin … And the other day the writers caused a stir: and largely! All Europe is shocked – I’ll say: was it necessary to think up to put forward the ardent anti-Semite for the Nobel Prize on literature in our politically correct time!

Is anybody heard about Paul Goma? About the Moldavian writer? Nobody knows whom you won't ask. But if to rummage, the picture will turn out not so nice. Paul Goma was born in Moldova in Manna village in 1935. In 1944 he appeared alone in Romania where in eight years he was deprived of the rights to be trained at school for anti-communistic views. He left the local komsomol in protest … He was in prison. He began to write novels which published abroad. In 1977 it was deprived of the Romanian nationality and sent to France. There he asked a political asylum.

Further the avaricious characteristic of creativity of Mr. Goma follows: “he is known also for charges of the Jews of planting of communism and Holocaust denial”. In the essay “Bloody Week on June 28 — July 3, 1940 or Bessarabia and Jews” he claims that the Jews are guilty in the Holocaust". This nonsense wasn't translated into the Russian …

The decision on Paul Goma's promotion on the Nobel Prize on literature is not any one scandalous thing. On the contrary, everything is logical: the ruling regime in the republic goes all out literally to please NATO and Romania, perfectly knowing thus that the majority of citizens of Moldova resolutely reject such course.

By the way, about the writers! Let's continue a subject: social and political movement “Ravnopravie” told about practice of discrimination of the Russian-speaking writers living and working in Moldova at the state level. To see all picture of the events in democratic Moldova, we provide the text of the statement extended by social and political movement “Ravnopravie” told completely:

- "In the Moldavian mass media the practice of discrimination of the Russian-speaking writers living and working in our country is made public at the state level. As follows from the open letter of the Association of the Russian writers of the Republic of Moldova directed to the address the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, “… for the last year in the republic only six books of serious local writers in the Russian language were published” while “…more than hundred names of fiction books are published in the Moldavian/Romanian language per year!” And this is with the fact that unlike the Moldavian, the Russian writers in increasing frequency become the winners of various prestigious international literary competitions – “Literary Vienna” (Oleg Krasnov), “The Russian style” (Natalia Novokhatnyaya), “Big literary competition” (Sergey Pagyn), “Poetry without borders” (Valery Schwarz), “Pushkin in Britain” (Leonid Potorak), etc., strengthening the international authority of Kishinev by their creativity, as one of the European cultural centres.

Unfortunately, the open letters of this sort could be directed to other departments and thousands representatives of the ethnic minorities living in our republic are ready to be signed – members of other creative unions and also scientists, teachers, doctors, engineers … It is impossible to list all of them. Those who honestly work for the state benefit for many years, but drops out of a field of vision of this state when the speech is about support, a fair award or the help.

Especially this division on “own” and “others” is evident when the lists of newly made owners of the state awards are published, since State Prize winners and finishing any winners of professional competitions. It is almost impossible to find in this stream any Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian or Gagauzian surname.

Is it fair if to consider, that Moldova was multinational since the beginning of time and nowadays about a third of its population doesn't belong to the title nation? Ethnic minorities, centuries living side by side with the Moldavians, made and make a huge contribution to cultural development, sciences, educations, medicine and republic economy. And how this contribution is estimated by the present Moldavian power is eloquently shown in the open letter of Association of the Russian writers of the Republic of Moldova.

And how this problem is solved in other countries of the former Soviet Union? Let's say, in the same Russia? It is possible to name tens of the Moldavian writers, artists, singers, actors, directors who found wide popularity far outside our small republic. It is, first of all, Ion Druta, Eugen Doga, Maria Biyesh, Emil Loteanu, Vladimir Kurbet, Dan Balan – the list can be continued and continued. Thanks to what? Who would know these great masters, their verses, plays, songs, dances, if not the effective help of public institutions of Russia in the edition of their books, statement of performances, the organizations of tours on boundless open spaces of the Russian State …

Recently Eugen Doga returned from such creative tour. He admired the accorded heartiest welcome of the audience. He thanked the second Homeland, Russia, for support and attention to his creativity. And at this time the Russian writers of Moldova appealed to conscience and justice the Moldavian power, who demonstratively “doesn’t notice” the masters of the word writing in the Russian.

The social and political movement “Ravnopravie” considers such situation unacceptable. The United Nations paid attention of local political elite to practice of frank discrimination of ethnic minorities in Moldova. Unfortunately, it didn't change something.

Therefore the social and political movement “Ravnopravie” begins the campaign for massive informing of the international public about the facts of violation of the rights of ethnic minorities in Moldova. The UN, OSCE, the Congress of the USA, PACE and other international organizations have to know what occurs in Moldova.

At the same time we demand the President of Moldova Nikolay Timofti to pay close attention to this problem.

We also insist that the Ministry of Culture listened to the opinion of the public organization uniting writers, writing in Pushkin's language and from the means allocated in 2013 for the edition of books, not less than 25% directed on release of works of local Russian-speaking authors.

The Ministry of Culture is also obliged to support financially the unique in Moldova the Russian professional literary and art magazine “Russian Field” issued by the Association of the Russian writers of the Republic of Moldova. Remembering thus that the Russian-speaking writers and readers, being taxpayers, have full right for satisfaction of the cultural requirements at the expense of these most budgetary funds formed of the collected taxes.

Such concrete approach to the accounting of interests of ethnic minorities will allow to speak about real equality of all citizens of Moldova, equitable distribution of public funds and non-discriminatory development of the Moldavian state. While we are lack of these universal principles of a civilized society…”

So that's: who needs, so we will organize the competitor on the Nobel Prize and those who has the opinion moreover other than the opinion of that whose head turn only to the west, so like hell. Forgive for expression … Only after all you won't deceive the reader: and even if to let out the next waste paper with Goma's name on a cover, so you won't force the people of Moldova to read it! Don't trust – check it!