I am quite biased towards authors from russia.

That makes me kind of sad. I can understand that one might transfer all one's anger, all one's pain to bystanders, but at the same time I think that one has to be very careful as soon as one realizes that one is generalizing. Isn't that exactly what we want to avoid? Anger, hatred, racism towards people who were born exactly where God wanted it, which none of us could choose?
How many Russians are there who find this senseless war as abhorrent as the vast majority of people in the world? Is every Russian a Putin policy supporter? How many Russians are there - especially in the border area - who are of Ukrainian descent and now fear for their relatives? How many Russian women and children are crying just as much for their husbands and fathers who may have already fallen and been obliged to fight, as the wives and children of your soldiers?
Of course, I am not in your situation, this terrible war is taking place close by in Europe, but (still) far enough away that I would have to fear directly for my life. Nevertheless, I would like to ask you: Wouldn't it be wise and humane if we (all of us!) could prove, at least in the civilian sphere, that peaceful coexistence, peace itself, is possible?

Sorry for being "offtopic" even though it's you who mentioned it.
Despite all the questions, I think you are and will be a very good curator! One of the responsible ones. Good luck and success!