On Thursday (May 12th), about 30 people demonstrated against the abolition of Russian culture. The demonstration was held in the Square of the Holy Apostles in central Rome.
One of the initiators of the event, Italian lawyer Leo Maria Galati, said: “We noticed that culture, and in particular Russian culture, is subject to discrimination with extremist ideological justifications, against the background of ignoring our history, traditions and cultural exchanges that bind us and Prussia over the past 60 years. And we decided Reaching the square of the Holy Apostles so that people realize the importance of culture at this fateful moment, as culture would unite people and not separate them.”
The founder of the “Friends of the Great Russia” association, Yulia Bazarova, who organized this demonstration recalled the cancellation of lectures on the creativity of Fyodor Dostoevsky at a university in Milan, as well as the cancellation of plays inspired by the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky in some Italian theaters. She stressed that “culture has no borders, skin color, or languages. Culture is the property of all peoples.”
The director of the Russian House in Rome, Daria Pushkova, said: “Italian artists have been inspired by Russia, and Russian artists have always been inspired by Italy. Every day I find wonderful examples of Russian-Italian cooperation in the field of art, and our common history should not be rejected. The abolition of Russian culture means the abolition of European culture.” .
It is noteworthy that during the demonstration, the Square of the Holy Apostles in Rome witnessed the performance of excerpts from the compositions of Russian musicians.