Professor of cultural studies and poet Yevheniia #Bilchenko was dismissed from Drahomaniv University in Kiev after a hate campaign instigated by ex-Nazi blogger #Sternenko for Bilchenko's dissenting views and speaking against removing Russian from Ukrainian public sphere.
The university disbanded Bilchenko's whole department in fact. She is offered a vacant position, but she believes it's a sheer formality. This happened thanks to the defense and support of Sternenko by U. civil society despite charges with heavy crimes like murder and kidnapping. 
Right now, Sternenko leads similar campaigns against at least three other lecturers with dissenting views. A teacher of physics has been dismissed in just a few days from a school in Ternopil region after Sternenko published a poor record of him allegedly denying Ru. army in Ukr.
Sternenko accuses them of "Ukrainophobia" and "collaboration". His style is presenting "self-evident" facts of dissent from the nationalist interpretation of the events by the people working in public education and "poisoning" the students. There is no appeal to any legal norms.
The Ministry of Education does not join the calls to dismiss the lecturers like it actively did under the previous ministers Kvit and Hrynevych. However, it is not intervening to defend the lecturers either.
A deescalating position of the Ministry during the peak of the bullying campaign against Bilchenko has not protected her. Sternenko attacks the current minister Shkarlet for his pro-Yanukovych position before Maidan and blames Zelenskyi for suggesting him to the office.
Bilchenko got health issues. If you would like to help her, here are the account details:
facebook.com/yevzhik/posts/…
facebook.com/yevzhik/posts/…
Bilchenko's extended comment on the situation
strana.ua/news/344786-ku…
strana.ua/news/344786-ku…
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