Russian Culture in Conflict: Putin Claims West Bans
New York (RichTVX.com) — In February of the year 2023, the authorities in Russia prohibited the public presentations of Liya Akhedzhakova. Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, declared that the West has imposed sanctions on Russian culture, whilst claiming that their society possesses unmitigated artistic freedom. One month later, in March of the same year, a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s operatic composition, adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece “War and Peace,” was debuted in the German language.