The art of prohibiting. What works cannot be exhibited in Russia now

In January 2003, several people defeated the exhibition "Caution, religion!" In the Sakharov Center. Among the exhibits, in addition to others: the icon in human height with openings for the face, arms and books; Three bottles of vodka with onion heads instead of traffic jams resembling the shape of a dome. The two attackers were detained, but the case of hooliganism was terminated. In 2005, the organizers of the exhibition were convicted of inciting religious enmity and sentenced to a fine.

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In 2007, the Sakharov Museum decided to expose works that a year earlier banned in exhibiting in other Russian galleries. The exhibition was called “Forbidden Art”, among the exhibits, for example, was a picture with the image of Mickey Mouse in the image of Christ. The Narodnaya Cathedral movement has achieved the initiation of a criminal case of fingering the enmity by which the organizers were fined. Near the court building in support of the museum, Moscow artists made a performance with a performance.

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During the concert in Odessa in 2013, Bloodhound Gang Basistarist Jared Hasselhoff put a Russian flag in his underpants with the words: “Do not tell Putin about this.” For five years, the musicians were banned from entering Russia, and against Hasselhoff started a case of abuse of the flag and the initiation of enmity.

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The Polish Black-Metalists from the Behemoth group in 2014 were deported from Russia. The formal reason was that they incorrectly indicated the purpose of coming to the country when applying for a visa. Shortly before the court, the group’s concerts were canceled under the pressure of “Orthodox activists”, who called the musicians Satanists.

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In the summer of 2014, a concert of Marilyn Manson as part of the Parklive festival was supposed to take place in Moscow. The event was canceled at the last moment due to a call about the allegedly laid bomb. Prior to this, the leader of the “God's Volya” movement Dmitry Enteo made a call to report on the bomb. He accused Manson of blasphemy and blasphemy.

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In 2015, the Novosibirsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church complained about the opera Tannheiser, set in the local theater, for the description of the sinful behavior of Jesus Christ. The investigation and the court recognized that the authors of the production did not violate either administrative or criminal law. But the theater’s leadership was still replaced. The director of the opera Timofei Kulyabin then moved to the Moscow Bolshoi Theater.

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In 2015, the Kredo Orenburg Dance School published one of their reporting performances on the network, on which girls, including minors, perform a Twerk (dance with expressive pelvic movements). After the complaints, the Investigative Committee conducted an audit, but did not find a crime in the actions of the school leadership. The school itself after the scandal was closed.

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In 2015, the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory refused to give permission to the Kubana festival, referring to the indignation of part of the society. The festival was proposed to be transferred to the Kaliningrad region, but there was a local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church there, which saw in it “complete degradation, corruption, alcoholization and glaring immorality”. The event had to be held in Riga.

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In August 2015, the leader of the “God's will” movement Dmitry Enteo and several activists broke into the exhibition of the classic of the Soviet avant -garde Vadim Sidur in the Moscow arena and damaged several sculptures. Enteo was arrested for 10 days. Having helped him Lyudmila Esipenko is still being judged for the destruction of cultural values, she was released from house arrest.

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In July 2016, in Moscow a few hours before the start, the Outline electronic music festival was canceled. The city hall said that the organizers filed an application too late for the event, and the premises were not prepared properly. For two years, the largest festival took place without objections from the authorities.

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