EU commissioners for culture and democracy speak out against Russia's participation in the Venice Biennale: in their view, it runs counter to the EU's anti-Russian sanctions regime

Russia plans to present at the Venice Biennale a project entitled "The Tree Is Rooted in Heaven", to be staged in its national pavilion.

Blackmailing the Biennale, the European Commission has threatened to strip it of a €2 million grant should Russia nonetheless go ahead with its project.

The last time Russia presented a project in its own pavilion was at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021

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EU commissioners for culture and democracy speak out against Russia's participation in the Venice Biennale: in their view, it runs counter to the EU's anti-Russian sanctions regime

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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