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Run for fifth term held against backdrop of nationalist exhibitions while clampdown continues on artists and writers

Blue Shield workers have been able to access and gather evidence in destroyed cultural buildings and heritage sites in Ukraine. What have they found?

A performance in which she burns an effigy of Vladimir Putin, and an NFT of a vagina-shaped Virgin Mary are thought to be behind new charges

Tauric Chersonese, a Unesco World Heritage Site, will boast multiple museums—and a humanitarian centre

Russian officials in Switzerland say they are “outraged” by LGBTQ connection and “war criminal” label

For decades Russian billionaires were feted for their free spending on the arts. Now, they are officially personae non gratae. But what of the other individuals and regimes with dubious reputations?

The artist, who has widely been accused of being a fascist, believes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine will free the country from "a Nazi dictatorship”

A police presence awaited the performance, which was only announced yesterday evening

Ubiquitous letter was first spotted on Russian tanks on the Ukrainian border

Individuals and companies have been targeted by the UK, US and EU over the invasion of Ukraine

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President Putin’s decision to send troops into Luhansk and Donetsk will severely punish an already beleaguered Russian culture sector

Marat Guelman was designated a "foreign agent" by the Russian government last month, a label that comes with hefty restrictions

The outspoken museum chief is leading the St Petersburg ticket of United Russia, the pro-Putin ruling party, in national parliamentary elections this weekend

Artists and curators says the amendment to the eduction law, which is intended to stop anti-Russia propaganda, will restrict cultural activity

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Group faced prison sentence after filming a “punk prayer” against President Putin in 2012 at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

As demonstrations swept the country last weekend, Tima Radya as well as Masha Alekhina, Victoria Narakhsa, and Lucy Shteyn were held by police

Foundation running the huge project has cut more than 80% of staff, but construction continues

Directors of the State Hermitage Museum and State Tretyakov Gallery are part of a team enlisted to create laws that will allow the president to remain in power

State Hermitage Museum and Tretyakov are involved in arts centre in contested region

But Russian president's remarks at eighth Moscow Urban Forum angered preservationists

Ultra-rich collectors who run their own museums will benefit from the change

The range of reactions reflects the ideological splits in country's arts and culture sector

Presidency bid backed by group of Moscow museum heavyweights