Culture
Posted on 12/20/2022 7:08:57 AM PST by shadowlands1960
Critics argue that connecting Russia’s culture with its current leadership is counterproductive
Ukraine is calling on its Western allies to temporarily boycott Tchaikovsky, the Russian composer behind Christmas classic The Nutcracker, and other Russian works.
In an opinion piece published in the Guardian last week, Ukraine’s culture minister, Oleksandr Tkachenko, wrote that the Kremlin is using Russian culture as a “tool and even a weapon,” wielding it to “justify their terrible war.” “We’re not talking about canceling Tchaikovsky, but rather about pausing performances of his works until Russia ceases its bloody invasion,” Tkachenko wrote. “Ukrainian cultural venues have already done this with him and other Russian composers. We’re calling on our allies to do the same.”
Boycotts of Russian culture were underway even before Tkachenko’s call. In the weeks after the war began in February, the Metropolitan Opera stopped working with artists who support Russian President Vladimir Putin, Eurovision banned Russia from entering its 2022 competition, and the Cannes Film Festival prohibited Russian delegations from attending this year. Restaurants have also taken Russian vodkas off their shelves, NPR’s Emma Bowman reports.
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“Freedom Fries” anyone?
So should we quit reading Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky too?
Next thing you know Ukraine will come out with their own production: “Sniper on the Roof”
... And Russian pr0n?.........................
What about Russian salad dressing ?
I guess “1812”, complete with cannon, is out, too.
Sorry, I’m listening to ‘The Nutcracker’ again this year like every other year. Tchaikovsky has as much to do with Putin as Bach had with Kaiser Wilhelm II during WW I.
🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia and India will merge their tanker fleets.
The Indian government doesn’t care about European ‘price ceilings’ on Russian oil and will continue to buy the required quantity by supplying raw materials to Asia from Russia.
The advantages of creating a single fleet:
▪️The purchase price of oil for Asia will allow the Indians to take over the rental and insurance coverage.
▪️India will be able to buy oil and oil products from Russia without any restrictions.
▪️Asia will separate itself from Western ship insurance and gain independence from financial and transport services.
#Source (https://t.me/OstashkoNews/45316)
The behavior of the Azov regime and their “cultural revolution” behavior, makes me realize that this really is a civil war within Russia itself.
I love 19th century Russian literature. So does Putin. Does this mean I’m a ‘putinista?’
proof they are fools
If the recent attacks on the Russian Church didn’t open eyes to what is happening, nothing will... St Cyril and Methodius were most likely ‘Putin puffers...’
I imagine JoJo’s boy, Wizenskyyyyy is going to need another 40 billion from JoJo to help finance their “Nutcracker” boycott.
I hate Ukraine for suggesting this.
They lost me.
(actually, they never had me but if they had they would have lost me)
Jackasses. Similar to not letting tennis players compete.
Petty bitches.
“Next thing you know Ukraine will come out with their own production: “Sniper on the Roof””
LoL...with Victoria Nuland handing out cookies. I’m ashamed of the role the US is playing in this; ramrod.
They don’t “hate us for our freedoms”. They hate us for this behavior.
Already happening. A symphony orchestra in Cardiff, Wales has "cancelled" Tchaikovsky.
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