A Russian public figure resigned from his post at the Ministry of Culture last week after accusing Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky of leading a crackdown on artistic freedom against those critical of the Kremlin. In a letter addressed to Medinsky, Yevgeny Savostyanov, former head of Russia’s Coordination Council on Intellectual Property Protection, criticised the minister for what he called a major crackdown on “matters of public interest”.

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