The Russian flag above the Boulodian forest. How can Ukraine withstand cultural expansion of the Russian Federation

Russia is fighting not only tanks and missiles, but also culture with Ukraine. The analyst Alexei Kopitko draws attention to how the state -famous Hermitage is promoting the necessary agenda - and how we would not hurt to learn from the enemy. While tens of thousands of experts from the Middle East break the spears "what it was", a small day off on the topic of how Russia is fighting with us.

A fresh interview with one of the most qualified and dangerous (in fact) enemies of Ukraine - the director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piorovsky - fully reveals the level of war in which Ukraine does not only lose, and where it does not rarely rise to protect its interests. For understanding. The Hermitage Budget is 5 billion rubles, of which 3 billion is funding from the state (about $ 32 million). Together: the cost of a year (!) Such weapons as Hermitage-10 T-90 tanks.

We are fashionable to calculate the cost of Russian rocket-okory attacks. The annual Hermitage budget is 3-10 missiles, depending on the type. Piotrovsky: ". . . Here we made these famous exhibitions of Shchukin and Morozov collections, which were made throughout Paris (2016 and 2021 -" Vedomosti "). And again, then the question was why we would bring our treasures somewhere.

And we not only showed all that we have things - showed that our wise merchants appreciated the futures, bought what they would grow in price There was a revelation, it was very important. Everyone liked it . . . ". It also reveals the nuances of streaming interaction: and the like. Piotrovsky himself, as well as many Russian museums, are war criminals, without stretch.

Not only do they support and justify the aggressive war - they are involved in the robbery of Ukrainian museums in the occupied territories. This is officially part of Russian occupation policy and practice. Piorovsky says open text: the promotion of imperial discourse within the Russian Federation and abroad is one of the priorities of the Hermitage (the second is a "dialogue of cultures", where with the help of the Hermitage of the Russian Federation can speak with the West, and with the East).

The Russian Empire (then the USSR and the Russian Federation) invested three hundred years in this universal weapon. Like any imperial museum, the Hermitage is largely the result of the robbery of colonies/periphery (especially Ukraine). But this is what makes it natural allies the best museums in Europe, because their grandeur was formed the same.

And many people come from the fact that the "conflict" will ever end, so why quarrel with influential people who have "Rosatom" with "Rosneft" on the hand? Given all this, it is incredibly difficult to knock out such a weapon from the Kremlin. Symmetrical actions are impossible. And it works at the level where residents of "decision -making centers" live.

In view of this, there is a "glass ceiling", which we rest (it was possible to punch in the spring and summer of 2022 thanks to the appeal of Ukraine leaders directly to societies of different countries, but this crane was systematically screwed and screwed). However, even in these circumstances, there is a mass of niches that I will be silent about the details.

The most important thing to realize is: 500 meters of pavement reconstruction is the annual "development budget" of any of the best Ukrainian museums that can balance or even turn Ukraine's perception in a particular country. The excuse that not everything can be spent on direct military expenses does not work here - these are non -military expenses. But de facto-investment in defense. Especially - on a long segment. There are frontal parallels.

In the spring of 2022, the Ministry of Defense was dragged by artillery ammunition from everywhere. But part of the resource was aimed at production with supply in the second half of 2023. This caused literally seizures from lovers to manage defense, not responsible. So. When the accessories were devastated, they just started to go ordered a year before this shells. And it helped to survive (surprise and dissatisfaction with many) at a time when Western help decreased.