
The Ministry of Culture was explained by the propaganda of one of the varieties of religious ideology "Review of a rental certificate from the film of the International Center for the Roerichs" Call of Cosmic Evolution ". It is reported by "Interfax-religion."
"The film, declared as the biography of Nikolai Roerich and the review of his work, essentially represents the propaganda of one of the varieties of religious ideology related to the direction of New Age, which was widely manifested after the First World War. The author of the film L.V. Shaposhnikov leads to the idea of the confrontants of the" new "light, which is the carriers of which is the MCR, and the carriers of the MCR, and "Darkness", "ignorance".
In August 2016, the Ministry of Culture recalled a rental certificate from the film "Call of Cosmic Evolution" Due to the "demonstration of Nazi symbols for propaganda." It is not specified exactly what symbolism appeared in the film. Obviously, we are talking about the ancient Indian solar symbol of the swastika. The review of the rental certificate means that the film cannot be shown in cinemas and sold on DVD.
The ICR did not agree with such a decision and continued to implement the film through his outlets. After that, an administrative fine was imposed on the organization.
The ICR appealed the decision to impose a fine in the Khamovnican Court of Moscow. The center also appealed the decision to recall the rental certificate in the arbitration court of the capital.
In June, it became known that the Ministry of Justice will check the metropolitan museum named after Nikolai Roerich for extremism . An unscheduled audit at the request of the Ministry of Culture was carried out from June 1 to June 29. The subject of the audit was, among other things, "identifying the presence (absence) in the actions of the organization of signs of extremism", as well as the financial and economic activities of the organization.
According to the vice-president of the International Center of the Roerichs, Alexander Stetsenko, the audit became part of the state plan represented by the Ministry of Culture "for the raider seizure" of the Lopukhin estate. It is there that from the end of the twentieth century of the century, the Roerich public museum is located.
On May 12, a commission consisting of the East Museum arrived at the museum, with a demand to free and transfer to use one of the buildings of the estate, which was not so long ago in federal property. The museum leadership refused to do this. The parties intend to continue the trial in court.
The Public Museum named after Nikolai Roerich was created in Russia in the late 80s. During this time, restoration work was carried out to recreate the Lopukhin estate, transferred by the state to the museum. They were awarded prestigious state and international awards.
The case of the eviction of the MCR from the Lopukhin estate has been carried out since 2008. According to the employees of the center, this will lead to the termination of cultural and scientific activity.