«When Tchaikovsky's concerts around the world are cancelled, our love for Chopin continues. Culture cannot be canceled» Such billboards have recently appeared in some Russian cities. Although it would be an exaggeration to say that Russian writers and musicians are being abandoned in the West, it turned out that culture is no longer a space where the barriers erected by politicians disappear. Along with political and economic sanctions, numerous bans appear, giving rise to talk about the abolition of Russian culture...