At the time of his visit to Moscow, the Minister of Culture and Media of Germany, Julian Nida-Roymelin, shared the plans of Russian-German cooperation. Fortunately, they are not exhausted by the game “We are you, you, to us” in the field of “displaced values”. On this subject, the minister spoke carefully and reluctantly. But speaking of future joint projects, he was noticeably revived. 2003-2004, according to him, it was decided to spend in Germany under the sign of Russian culture, and in Russia German. D.G.