More than 70 world cultural organizations refused to cooperate with Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko on the air of the All-Ukrainian telethon, Ukrayinska Pravda reports..

“More than 70 organizations have refused cultural cooperation with Russia - this is the Cannes Film Festival, and the La Scala Theater, and many other cultural organizations.

They are prohibited from participating in a biennale (an art exhibition that takes place every two years), a triennial (taking place every three years) in Italy. That is, in fact, we are on the offensive against the cultural curtain, at least for the duration of the war, and we meet a lot of support from both fellow ministers of culture and from specific cultural institutions and organizations,” Tkachenko emphasized..

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He also added that the Ministry of Culture raised the issue of transferring the UNESCO meeting from Kazan to Lviv and expelling Russia from this organization, or at least suspending its membership.. Tkachenko believes that Russian culture cannot and cannot be outside of politics and outside of war as long as it is financed by the aggressor state.

The minister also added that the Ukrainian side is doing everything to deprive Russian figures of participation in the European cultural space.. According to him, "

“There is a certain trend when they try to explain to us that culture is out of war.

No, as long as this culture is supported by the aggressive state of Russia, it is not out of politics. This is soft power, which also brings a kind of bullets and death for Ukrainians.. If you want to cooperate with the Russians, go there, beyond the Urals, there is a large territory, taiga, and cooperate there, ”said Alexander Tkachenko.

To learn how Russian culture built the foundation on which the current Russian invasion of Ukraine is based, read the article by Ekaterina Shchetkina " U.A..