Putin: It's stupid

Russian media: Putin has criticized Western attempts to ban Russian culture. "It is futile and stupid."

"All attempts are futile, this is simply stupid!" On the 15th local time, Russian President Putin criticized some countries in a public speech to try to ban Russian culture.

On August 15, local time, Putin published a video speech at the opening ceremony of the "Tavrida.art" art festival.

According to the Based on Russia and the Newspaper, Putin talked about some countries at the opening ceremony of the "Tavrida.art" art festival on the day that some countries attempted to ban Russian culture. He told the people who participated in the art festival, "It is futile to ban our culture and all the attempts to block Russia, which is simply stupid. Unfortunately, those who do not agree with this view have not learned the lessons of history. History is from people from people. Created, including you who have dreams and create and work, and then win victory. You must continue to inherit the cultural traditions and ensure the passage of generations. " In his speech, Putin did not specifically explain which countries were trying to "ban Russian culture", but the "News" mentioned in the report that some Western countries have such an attempt. Since Russia launched special military operations on Ukraine on February 24, the United States and Western countries have announced a number of sanctions against Russia, involving energy, culture, and economy. Russia has resolutely opposed it. According to the "News", when Putin met with the "Presidential Literature and Art Field Award" winner in March this year, Putin mentioned that some Western countries banned Russian culture from prohibiting Russian culture. He criticized that "the infamous 'cancellation culture' has become 'culture banned'. Tchaikovski, Shostakovich, and Rachmanov's works have been deleted from the poster of the concert. Russian writers and their works are also banned. " It is reported that when we talk about the works of some Western countries to prohibit Russian writers, Putin mentioned the means of using Nazi elements: "The recent movement of this large -scale disrupting unpopular literary works was about 90 years ago, when Germany at that time in Germany The Nazis carried out such a movement ... This is unimaginable in Russia. "

Source: Global Network Zhang Jiangping

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