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the two countries. is up next. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview on r.t.e. . today my guest in the studio is. a. cultural ties between russia and italy they back to the fifteenth century when italian architects built several cathedrals in the moscow premier spanish and russian cultures have often been compared as standing on the western and eastern fridges of the european civilization maybe that explains why two thousand and eleven is the russian italy russia spain. what are we to expect from that and why these two events being held together russia's culture minister. of.

the russian exchange will see many cultural events held in both countries there are many join to navigation and to show the similarities and differences between the nations during the year the best italian exhibitions theatre groups and musicians will be. and of course the fever will be returned as. this exchange will kiss you may leave you cannot. neglect the cultural side and will bring the prado museum collection to the heritage in st petersburg. thank you very much for coming to our program today. is the year of russia in italy . and russia last year it was the year of france why does russia think it to be a big important. i have to say it seems to me that broad they don't pay so much

attention to these things i mean do you feel like that. the french were delighted by france the. russian france and france and russia we showed french yeltsin culture in all their glory across russia. or your across the whole country. the russians and the french were. i don't know who logged more but i think it was beneficial for all of us. last year it was around the year of russia and france and the euro france and russia this year you doubled it russia in italy and italy and russia and russia. and russia what was the reason to intensify the cultural ties thank you what. there is no finance oriented plan behind the site simply get to get acquainted with the spanish and

italian cultures that we love and value. it turned out that they're waiting for us and spain and italy for all the best ballets trickle performances and dark exhibitions that it should and another reason that we still have the money for its . money is coming to an end. funding investments in culture are not the same as in business they do not give direct returns. should do so by forming culture and intellect culture and education and all the two things that form. the nation's intellect the intellect and the values of every person. culture is so important. to me information transport politics and medical care all of them can stitch of this fear in which people live since childhood so every person has their intellects continually formed

in his mind. beliefs and city to other people. and to the nearest and dearest such concepts as courage fantasies honesty love to arts commitment to democracy and civil society all of them are formed by the means of culture. learned by heart school studied at school cultures and interact forming concepts there is no culture the nation will be wealthy and prosperous if everything is all right with the economy but. russian culture is great not only because we have so many talents is a because culture is among the main values which form the mage of russia the essence of it. the essence of life in russia culture. i can actually speak a lot about it. in music too it's a separate topic

a canadian was a kid for us culture is more than just an industry. some of the most outstanding art collections from italy and spain are going to be brought to russia as part of this year's cultural exchange spotlights limited me the has. the moscow museum of fine art is a place to get the feeling of italy visitors are welcomed by the state of michelangelo's david what's on their replica their real ones in florence king and masterpieces are already on their way to moscow to make a thing of the two groups within these walls last year the museum hosted the biggest of a display of the works in russia. the pictures were brought to the russian capital from paris as part of the cultural exchange with france that submission was such a success you had to queue for an hour to get inside the museum this year you know half curve i'd shown display through nano he's works in moscow at the moment so the

exhibition is bound to draw crowds it was told until unless it caravaggio exhibit is very hard to put together not so many of his works a left in italy in exchange for caravaggio where sending a very good collection of impressionists to milan at court. russia will also swap art with spain the bulk of it will be between the trades prado and simple is brooks hermitage moscow who is going to send one of its most precious masterpieces because he's grown a ball to spain and who host an exhibition of the best known of surreal east so her dog dolly by mere all so many exhibitions of salvador dali around the world have nothing to do with dali at all his works are excessively county heated but our exhibit will be one hundred percent authentic it's from dolly's famous museum in catalonia with the. exchange in exhibitions is just part of what's planned for the

russian italy in russia spain cross cultural here the bolshoi theater is going to host some of the major events at the moment it's in the final stages of her innovation and by the end of the year russians are going to see performances by milan's le scholar and madrid's royal theatre in the bolshoi. what would you say is more interesting in a cross cultural exchange of this kind these two italians for example go to a rebellious and they would be the both a theater or say show to fall the balance of. the last we should ask italians about it judging by the very questions very interesting. in everything from. health ski as well as russia's one guard one post having gone artists. for example the days of italy will open with a beautiful exhibition of alexander de necco. who was underestimated who all

italians consider him a genius he knew his exhibition will open in russia and be transported to magic paris and other countries who want to see. the painting is there any use in this cultural exchange can you tell us for example about the euro france i'm not speaking about financial profit but was the practical use of it. that this is the benefit is great we're drowning in a sea of markets valleys numbers flow of information and the masterpieces of the culture created in russia in france falls in the background. so we can refresh our memory by looking at the best masterpieces from both countries here it's great to have the opportunity both for us in our friendship partners to plunge into the russian and french cultures. at the moment there is an obstacle for culture in

russia just stumbled over the markets. but there's a reason for it happened in the countries of the european union and now it's happened in russia. in this country we have always evaluated the products of culture according to their intellectual value but nowadays products of culture have become certain market items. i say have values by the markets and price which does not depend on the. greatness of the master base as on the promotion itself. and the people who promote the projects. by stamps real culture is being ousted by popular culture which is you do culturally or simply body show business present total support in such circumstances it's very useful to come back to the basics of russian and french culture. says alexander of the culture minister of russia

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be soon which brightened a few new movement song from fans to impression. means for instance on t.v. dot com. the book. welcome back to spotlight i am just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is alexander the culture minister russia. will be shown in the heritage. pictures exhibit in the. los carlo will perform in the bolshoi. highlight certain events as more important than others we did it can you name the head since we were. there is there something.

special the key or would you have listed all the events i mentioned more. i would like those cultural exchange events. to pieces. i love the museum. it's one of the best museums in the world's aids famous in russia. exhibitions from its very few and we're waiting for them it's as important as. all the great painters of the italian renascence. we're also waiting for them in the pushkin museum who. was able to see how chooses those words it's always been a secret. better ask them what they like best do you really ask them or do you decide on your own what we. receive from italy. is it your request from them do you have tools we ask you what we are interested in and

they order from you yes they would have from. people who are making balls. judging by. this way officials gathered to discuss what to order i think of the mechanism so less complicated they ask for the bass we have. their requests. for the best to you and the qualities equal. few words about languages russian italian and spanish they are an indispensable part of culture just because he has does a language constitute a large of the cultural exchange. so we've italy we've arranged a year of the russian language and culture where the language is a part of the. will arrange a contest for the best interpreter that it would dress translations from russian into sally and and from italian into russian or share. of languages and communication of very important but i watched all the three languages russian

spanish and italian and been ousted by means of market economy and soon they find themselves on the fringe of the international exchanges you mean nothing else yes with all my respect to the english language a deal it's not somebody is evil plan which it are but a natural processes of i would say. all these english is simply convenient it has become today's esperanto for use. for everyone for us. i mean that ask around so it's not exactly a language but a means of communication a business or business in for diplomats right maybe for tourists but not for anything else you see it does not spread to cultural saw as we have a great interest to tell you in and spanish languages in russia in russia because we have schools of specialists in spain and italy we have strong translations schools of literary translation translation of poetry translation of serve on to

among the best in our opinion a very difficult to translate poetry especially from analytical languages like it's spanish but nonetheless we are writing great translations of the same is with the russian language preserving respect and interest of the languages of each other we preserve our own culture the world's culture and languages. more russian speaking foreigners are coming to this country. only my impression point i think it is simply your impression so the russian language has to sing. in french italian spanish etc being ousted by the english language look at the number of schools where they teach different foreign languages in russia the number of schools with russian. unfortunately the number of such schools is decreasing. so. used to seeing the ball. the future image of the theatre is painted.

for. some mistake in. the reconstruction the works will be finished. electrician is taken coworkers musicians will move into the boy. and will start working and rehearsing their. sound equipment firefighting and technical equipment and they will start rehearsal so that and we promise to open the theater and give the first before. the first performance. you see. does not mean to drop the curtain it's an opening in season two performances we are glad that we've agreed with the last call and it will give the performance.

director of the hermitage of st petersburg recently said in an interview to paper that senior russia badly needs a museum of modern arts like the new york museum of modern art you don't have a personal. contacts a lot on business grass to be able to have the. project. from the new york museum you definitely know the pompidou center in france. is really so we need such a museum there is no one to take care of it it's such a museum was to be built forty or fifty years ago when the pompidou center was built our remember when it was opened. it was very different now every one of the french made a wise thing and the museum is among the best in the world. but they did not want to create such a museum for ideological reasons there was

a famous crisis in the night in ninety's at the moment we're planning to build such a museum we've chosen the place the architectural project is ready. and st peter's in moscow in the city center we're hopeful that the construction will start next year. all the necessary approvals will so. scandalous character. of the american courts passed in the us this action. after that ruling. became cautious when sending their exhibits to the us i guess they're afraid that actually exhibits can be detained there how can this situation and. this ruling the water and. cautious when they send their collections to other countries such as

interleaving or spain or france. or american partners created this situation. become an obstacle in the way of a partnership in this sphere of culture a purely american situational american situation is there any danger for your. own expectedly. of the collection of manuscript which is never being taken abroad and has been legally stored in the russian state library since one thousand nine hundred eighteen and. no one has legal rights for it. americans can vent to the term spiritual rights. the moral rights yes moral rights but if so we should give away all the exhibits from our museums it's absolutely unacceptable to the common american courts were judged states actions according to international law actually. it's absurd no one in the mosque could

call it will judge the state of italy or spain because of international law forbids it. so we formed our counterparts in the u.s. department of state about our position we said that the state is an extra digital by the way the us shares the provisions of the international law. unfortunately the court's ruling was in favor of religious organization. there is similarly just organization exists in russia. we speak about spiritual inheritance good russian religious organizations same religious kind of activity have far more spiritual opportunities needs and drawing to be interested in the fate of this collection. so the situation is such that despite provisions of international law a common american courts made

a ruling on this state of russia. it's a judged the right to receive russian prophecy on the u.s. territory. so if this happens pollution theoretically any exhibition or any property uncovered by diplomatic community may be arrested or american. with a bitter regrets because a diplomat we made a decision vance exhibitions of russian culturally you could be organizing the moments in the us. unfortunately. do you expect you will be able to change the situation we've talked to the u.s. diplomats in the shoes we're waiting now for the business of the u.s. and nobody else. sponsor vera lection can paint. the vision part in the state will realize it's a mission. and we'll explain to the u.s.

schools and community and it is done it long time ago that the reasons are national law which we all of a. culture should not be a host legion such circumstances we send our exhibitions only to the countries which give a hundred percent guarantee they will reach a collection. when we speak of italy and spain always give such guarantees. as well as gas that's why there are no pretensions in. my last question about the system of education. my child goes to school and as a parent i have certain apprehensions he was going on there usual secondary school school i recently read an article in a newspaper that said that there's the threat of several large schools being closed in moscow. can you tell us about the situation of arts education the russian arts

education as among the best in the world media it's a legacy from the zon period of russia and the soviet union well this is. this is high level back then first of all it is to be properly financed. to preserve national traditions and the tradition of education let's take actors abroad as they are taught for two and a half years in russia we preserve the russian acting school where an actor studies for four or five years we did not join the bologna process and the. professions. yes because it is one study for five years to become a theatre a film director cannot do an orchestra conductor is to study for four and five yes they should be no bachelors and masters and these professions and the same is we've actually. preserved our traditional system and high standards of education is a question of now we have to finance it for police and to give attention to children schools and you should supply them with good instruments teachers should

be socially protected as much as teachers in secondary schools. working all of the moment where. thank you very much for being with us and just to remind you that my guest in the studio was alexander of the for the russian culture minister and that's it for now from all if you and your life drop. back with more first comments on what's going on outside russia until then r.t. and take.