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The director of the Hermitage condemned “activists with hallucinogenic nicknames” for the pogrom in Manege
Director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky condemned the activists of the "God's Will" movement, who staged a pogrom at the exhibition in the Manege. “The Union of Russian Museums regards the actions of strange activists with hallucinogenic nicknames as a genuine manifestation of blasphemy, blasphemy and an insult to the faith,” Piotrovsky’s letter says.
The head of the Hermitage suggested that museums teach employees to protect the expositions on their own, since from November 2015 the police will stop guarding museums. In addition, the Union of Russian Museums will work on laws "which will provide cultural institutions with serious protection against attacks and the correct qualification of criminal acts."
We are surprised by the style of public reaction to events - the fuzziness of information, the inadequacy of the smirk, the uncertainty and nervousness of tone.
- Activists of the "God's will" led by Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo) staged a pogrom at an exhibition in the Moscow Manezh on August 14. As a result, four bases for a linocut by the artist Vadim Sidur and the Megasoma Mars installation were damaged. State Duma deputy Yaroslav Nilov demanded to check both the actions of the activists and the actions of the organizers of the exhibition.