Irkutsk: the international book festival was canceled due to sanctions
International Book Festival in Irkutsk, 2017 The international book festival, which was supposed to take place in Irkutsk in May, had to be canceled due to financial problems with the main sponsor. According to one of the organizers of the event of Boris Kupriyanov, the Free Deal Foundation (Oleg Deripaska’s private fund) decided that the festival should not be held now, due to losses that the Basic Element Group of Companies suffered.