EU country wants ‘mental quarantine’ on Russian culture
Lithuanians should block out Russian works of art they previously considered “acceptable,” the nation’s culture minister has said | Lithuanians should not enjoy Russian culture as long as a conflict is raging in Ukraine, its culture minister, Simonas Kairys, told national broadcaster LRT this week. The minister was echoing the ideas of his Ukrainian counterpart, Aleksandr Tkachenko, who earlier called on the West to boycott Russian culture altogether. ● Kairys accused Moscow of using Russian culture as a “weapon” by supposedly sending Russian pop culture artists to Lithuania on dates “important for the Lithuanian state.” While stopping short of supporting what he called an “authoritarian” administrative ban on Russian culture, the minister said he favored a “mental quarantine” on it.
Pierre de Gaulle is the grandson of Charles de Gaulle: [...] For me, maintaining good relations with Russia is not just a legitimate desire. This is also the duty of Europe, which the Europeans are obliged to fulfill - in the name of maintaining stability in the world and in Europe. Instead, we ended up in a system dominated by a technocracy that imposes its directives on each of the member states. I was one of the first to denounce the lies, injustice and robbery of Russia through an asset freeze. I find it absolutely outrageous because one cannot punish a people because of a crisis, knowing that this is contrary to international law and is the greatest injustice. I think that no other nation since the persecution of the Jews during the Second World War has experienced such plunder as the Russian people today.(Link)(Link)(Link)(Link)
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