Medvedev said that Russia will not close itself from the world in revenge on "idiots"

The Deputy HEAD of the Security Council noted that RUSSIA has a busy agenda with the CIS countries, BRICS, Latin America and Africa, where Russians are “appreciated,love and wait" Dmitry Medvedev

Russia will not, in retaliation to the “idiots”, close itself off from the world, including in the field of culture. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.

He assured that no autarky (a system of closed reproduction of a community with minimal dependence on exchange with the external environment. -) should be expected.

“We have a busy agenda with the countries of the CIS, BRICS, Latin America and Africa. These states are home to billions of well-adjusted people who value, love and wait for us,” Medvedev stressed.

According to him, museums of contemporary art in the Middle East and Southeast Asia are open for cooperation with these countries. The Deputy Head of the Security Council of Russia expressed confidence that the authorities and specialized organizations would help Russian young representatives of creative professions "not to fall out of the international clip."

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Medvedev also accused Europe of trying to appropriate paintings from Russian collections that are delayed or unable to return to the country due to the difficulties caused by sanctions, and called these countries "banal thieves."

He also recalled that now many Europeans "with clinical pleasure" anathematize Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Shostakovich and Pushkin.

The Bicocca University of Milan canceled a course of lectures on Dostoevsky in early March. The decision was later revised due to public reaction. The Bavarian State Opera announced the termination of cooperation with singer Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev due to their "insufficient distance" from the Russian authorities.

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Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland Piotr Glinski, in turn, said that Russian culture should disappear from public space.

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He pointed out that now is not the time for Russian ballet, not the season for productions based on Chekhov or Pushkin, as well as performances by the Ensemble. Alexandrova.

President Vladimir Putin said that in the West there is discrimination against everything connected with Russia. He announced the cancellation of concerts by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff and the ban on books, and also recalled that the last time such a massive campaign to destroy objectionable literature was carried out by the Nazis in Germany almost 90 years ago. The Russian leader emphasized that it is impossible to imagine such a thing in Russia, since there is no place for ethnic intolerance in the country. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also condemned attacks on Russian cultural figures in the West. As examples, he cited “the dismissal of a conductor for friendship with [President Vladimir] Putin” from the Munich Philharmonic and “a ban on the works of [Fyodor] Dostoyevsky” in one of the European countries.