Political scientist Masala has recommended a book by a Russian author. As a result, a dispute with the former Ukrainian ambassador broke out.
A verbal argument broke out between the former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, and the political scientist and military expert Carlo Masala on the social media Twitter on Saturday. In the meantime Masala is said to have blocked Melnyk.
The trigger was Masala’s book recommendation in “Freunde der Zeit”, a program for subscribers to the weekly newspaper “Zeit”. Masala recommended the novella “White Nights” by the Russian writer Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky, first published in 1848. The political scientist also shared this recommendation on Twitter, writing that the book is among the author’s lesser-known works, “but among his most beautiful, tender, fragile and at the same time most powerful, both in terms of language and plot”.
Melnyk saw this as an opportunity to scold Masala and wrote, among other things, “The ‘tender’ Russian soul. Igitt” and put a vomiting emoji behind it. Finally, Melnyk advised the political scientist to read Ukrainian literature.
Masala apparently blocked Melnyk
He reacted and scolded back: “What nationalistic shit.” It’s about time Melnyk stayed out of this, “before you end up in the worst manure of nationalism.” Underneath, Masala wrote that Melnyk was very close to his colleagues in Moscow “in this attitude” when one wanted to ban and destroy each other’s culture.
Shortly thereafter, Melnyk shared a screenshot saying in Spanish that Masala blocked him. “I had no idea how thin-skinned you are,” wrote Melnyk, among other things, about the screenshot. The blockade didn’t last long, however, because a few hours later he only replied to Masala’s tweet “You urgently need to see a psychiatrist”.
Melnyk continued to comment on Sunday
Masala did not respond further to the tweets. Melnyk continued to comment on Sunday, initially writing that “the neurotic, arrogant reaction of Mr. Masala and his fan base” shows that German intellectuals are not prepared to learn from the “mistakes that are disastrous for Ukraine” in German Russia policy.
A little later he followed up and wrote, among other things, that he would not go to Masala’s level. “It’s a shame that your narcissism and your German arrogance block your view so much.” Masala should continue to “advertise imperialist Russian culture,” Melnyk said.
