A message posted to the Twitter account of jailed Kremlin critic Andrei Pivarov noted the addition of Glukhovsky and Milov to the list, and said that "the machine of repression will pass through everyone. Plot edit In the south of the Metro, Sevastopolskaya Station relies on regular supplies of ammunition and other goods from the central stations to survive. Russian opposition politician Vladimir Milov, also a Navalny associate, and investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov were also placed on the Interior Ministry's wanted list at around the same time as Glukhovsky. Metro 2034 ( Russian: 2034) is a 2009 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel in the Metro series, written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky as a sequel to his earlier Metro 2033.
The studio relocated its headquarters to Malta in 2014 following Russia's initial incursion against Ukraine in Crimea and the Donbas, but it maintains a studio in Kyiv. The novels came to the attention of gamers in 2010 with the release of the cult-hit shooter Metro 2033, which spawned two increasingly successful sequels, Metro: Last Light and Metro Exodus.Īll three games in the series were developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games. A video game adaptation followed in 2010, with Glukhovsky acting as script writer on 2013 follow-up Metro: Last Light.Īlthough he didn’t take any specific credit for 2019’s Metro Exodus he was clearly involved in the game on at least an advisory basis, and at the time implied he would work on more titles in the future.ĤA Games, which developed all three games, is based in Ukraine, making it even more obvious why Glukhovsky would be against the war.Glukhovsky, who according to RFE is not currently in Russia, is best known as the author of the Metro novels, about survivors of a global nuclear war forced to eke out a wretched existence in the ruined depths of the Moscow Metro subway system. Glukhovsky wrote the Metro 2033 novel in 2002, a post-apocalyptic science fiction story based in the ruins of the Russian underground. He’s also the first to be relatively well known in the West, thanks to the various video game adaptations of his work.
It is illegal in Russia to distribute ‘false information’ about the war, or indeed to call it a war or invasion – with the government instead preferring the euphemism ‘special military operation’.Īs reported by Reuters, Russia has already arrested journalists and opposition politicians under the same laws, but Glukhovsky is one of the first who fits neither category. Although his exact whereabouts is unknown, Glukhovsky is not currently believed to be in Russia, but if he is caught and arrested then he faces a substantial prison sentence. DMITRY LUKOVSKY is an attorney registered with New York State, Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration, admitted in 2003.
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