Will Russia’s latest culture minister herald a new era of creative freedom? 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The Death of Stalin: Russia’s Ministry of Culture stages its own censorship farce
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Send out the clowns? Russian culture ministry urged to impose limits on foreign circuses
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian lawmakers reject Minister of Culture’s annual report
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Golden Mask organisers hit back against culture ministry following allegations of Russophobia
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        List of themes for documentary films eligible for Russian state grants slashed
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ministry of Culture releases list of “approved” film themes to receive state funding in 2015
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Museum of Cinema staff to return to work in surprising resignation U-turn
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian Ministry of Culture reviews “anti-profanity” law for films
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Senator fights to ban foreign films that ‘demonise’ Russia
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Culture ministry denies rumours of Ukraine blacklist
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Film festival of patriotic cinema to open in Crimea
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian courts hit back in legal battle over precious Jewish books
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Manifesta destiny: what does the St Petersburg-set art biennial mean for Russia?
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Boycott hits Moscow book fair following censorship concerns
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Grigory Revzin fired as Russian commissioner of Venice Biennale
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Patron saints: are billionaire philanthropists good for the arts?
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ministry of Culture to assess screenplays of historical films