VOA Russian: Exiled Russian artists raise funds to help Ukraine 

FILE - Writer Viktor Shenderovich is shown in Moscow, Nov. 28, 2005. He explained his participation in a charity auction to raise funds for Ukraine by saying that artists' "small participation" in the confrontation with Russia "is simply an obligation."

More than 50 exiled Russian artists who left the country for Europe to escape the war have raised more than $100,000 in an online charity auction. The funds will be sent to various Ukrainian initiatives aimed at helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war or providing assistance to those still residing close to the front line. Click here for the full story in Russian.