"Dozens of military conflicts": Slovakia restored cultural cooperation with the Russian Federation - the media

According to the New Slovak Minister Martina Shimkovicheva, culture and artists do not have to pay for wars, so the decision made in March 2022 was canceled. The Ministry of Culture of Slovakia has decided to lift a ban on cultural cooperation with the Russian Federation and Belarus. This decision was made by the new minister Martina Shimkovichova, reports Pravda on January 20. There was a ban from the first weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In March 2022, Minister Natalia Milanova passed an order that forbade any communication or cooperation with Moscow and Minsk. Bratislava then immediately took a clear position and condemned the Kremlin's actions. Pravda journalists have a document dated January 12. It referred to the cancellation of the order to take appropriate measures. "With the entry into force of this decision, I abolish the internal normative act," said the Minister of Culture of Slovakia.

From Monday, the ban on any cooperation with Russia and Belarus stopped operating. Martina Shimkovich believes that military aggression should not be the reason for such bans. "Dozens of military conflicts are ongoing in the world, and in our view, artists and culture do not have to pay for it," the minister said because of her prescretar. Natalie Milanova's document prohibited any contact with Russian and Belarusian institutions, organizations and more.

Any communication would be considered a gross violation of labor discipline. Foreign trips were also abolished, except for humanitarian purposes. "All organizations held by the Ministry and their employees are invited to cancel any participation in cultural, scientific or other domestic or foreign activities organized, organized, jointly organized, supported or attended by a subject from Russia or Belarus" , - it was in the decision. Now all connections can recover.