Dmitry Kozak is a rare name on the pages of the media both before and after the start of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. By the end of 2025, it began to appear more and more often, both in Russia and in international publications.

The year 2025 ends with very noticeable problems for the Russian economy. This is noted both by representatives of the business and political elite, and by economists who previously gave optimistic forecasts.

The publishing house Palgrave Macmillan published the book “Performing Censorship: The Russian Case” by Mikhail Kaluzhsky and Yana Meerzon - the first monograph on censorship in Russian theaters in the 21st century. Mikhail Kaluzhsky is one of those who can speak about Russian theatrical censorship as a witness, participant and researcher at the same time.