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security in europe. russia's culture minister in the spotlight also the upcoming visit of spain's king to the country could boost multicultural ties between the two states. culture is that so much of me is going to make a lot of people and there is nothing like it is the world facing a serious and sustained food prices are at all time highs and tens of millions of people are joining the dinner.

hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. or in the event today my guest in the studio is alex on that. cultural ties between russia and italy they back to the fifteenth century when italian architects built several cathedrals in the moscow premier while 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 russia italy russia spain crust here what are we to expect from that and why are these two events being held together russia's culture minister alexandr of. the russian change 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 the drug and of course the fever will be returned as for speed this exchange will kiss you may leave economical go with madrid with neglect the cultural side and will bring parts of the prado museum collection to the hermitage 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 what we brought to france this year of russia in 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 delighted. i don't know who logged more but i think it was beneficial for all of us only. 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 russians again and spain and russia what was the reason to intensify the cultural ties thank you but. there is no finance oriented plan behind this idea simply to get acquainted with the spanish and italian cultures that we love and value. it turned out there waiting for us in spain and italy for all the best ballets trickle performances and dark exhibitions. and another reason 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. do so by forming culture and intellect culture and education are the two things that form. the nation's intellect the internet and the values of every person's. culture is so important. to me information transport politics and medical care all of them can stick to this fear in which people live. every person has their intellects continually formed in his mind. beliefs in attitude 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. you can't learn it by heart school study that school culture is an intellectual new concept 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 it 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 it's a separate saw pick a canadian was a kid for us culture is more than just an industry. some of the most outstanding art collections from italy in 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 jinyan masterpieces are already on their way to moscow to make the feeling of italy grow within these walls last year the museum hosted the biggest of a display of picasso works in russia. the pictures were brought to the russian capital from paris as part of the cultural exchange with france the exhibition was such a success you had to queue for an hour to get inside the museum this year you have curvier i've shown this boy through nine of his works in moscow at the moment so the exhibition is bound to draw crowds it was good to talk until. caravaggio exhibit is very hard to put together but not so many of his works a left in italy in exchange for caravaggio where sending a very good collection of impressionist to milan at the court rooms russia will

also swap art with spain the bulk of it will be between the trades prado and simple is bricks hermitage moscow is going to send one of its most precious masterpieces because who is growing the ball to spain and who host an exhibition of the best known of surreal east so who do dali by mere all court 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 is 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 theatre is going to host some of the major events at the moment it's in the final stages of your innovation and by the end of the year russians are going to sit performances by milan's list scholar and madrid's royal theatre in the

bolshoi. what would you say is more interesting in a cross cultural exchange of this kind of a talent for example go to tell us of a would be the both a theater or say a tree falls in violence or chukchi than the. last we should ask italians about it's judging by the very questions very interesting. in everything from. health ski as well as russia's guard and post having gone artists. for example the days of italy will open with a beautiful exhibition of alexandra de necco. who was underestimated its who all italians consider him a genius he's exhibition will open in russia and will then be transported to majeed paris and other countries who want to see. him is there any room in this cultural exchange can you tell us for example about the euro france i'm not speaking about

financial profit but what's the practical use of it. because of the benefit is great we're drowning in a sea of markets valleys numbers on the flow of information and the masterpieces of the culture created in russia and 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 has just stumbled over the markets but a new one on that is really for it's happened in the countries of the european union and now it's happened in russia. then this country we have always a valuated products of culture according to their intellectual value but nowadays

all products of culture have become so in markets itan nationalist eyes they are valued by the markets and price which does not depend on the culture or greatness of the masterpiece as on the promotion it's. on the people who promote the project . a key step by step real culture is being ousted by popular culture which is you do culture or simply by showbusiness presenter so-called total support in certain circumstances it's very useful to come back to the basics of russian and french culture a little skill. says alexander of the culture minister of russia spotlight will be back shortly we'll continue this interview in less than a minute stay with. as

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welcome back to spotlight i am just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is alexander the culture minister of russia has been used to. be shown in the heritage. pictures exhibited in the. form in the bolshoi. you highlight certain events as more important than others we did it can

you name the head since we were. mass culture. is there something with her special key or would you have listed all the events i mentioned more. i would like those cultural exchange events. to pieces. i love the prada museum. it's one of the best museums in the world's age famously in russia. exhibitions from it's very few and we're waiting for them it's as important as. all the great painters of the telling renascence. we're also waiting for them in the pushkin museum. and how to use 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 decides we would like to 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 order from us do they ask people or make calls. judging by. this way officials gathered to discuss what order i think of the mechanism so less complicated they also have the bass we have and we can satisfy all their requests. for the best to you and the qualities equal. say a few words about languages russian italian and spanish they are an indispensable part of culture just because he has does a language constitute part of the cultural exchange. so. we've arranged a year of the russian language and culture where the language is a part of the. we will arrange a contest for the best interpreter try to address translations from russian into

sally and and from italian into russian or. 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 but with all my respect to the english language to deal it's not somebodies evil plan which but a natural processes of say. i'll use 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 ties we have a great interest to tell you in and spanish languages in russia in russia because

we have good schools especially since spain and italy we have strong translations schools of literary translation translation of poetry translation of c. of on to among the best in our opinion. very difficult to translate poetry especially from analytical languages like it sal and 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 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 english the number of schools with russian. unfortunately the number of such schools is decreasing. so. used to seeing the.

image of the theater. has been planned for. some mistaken. works will be finished. electrician is technical work as musicians will move into the body. and will start working and rehearsing their. sound equipment. and technical equipment and they will stand there and we promise to open the theater and give the first performance is in the. first. season. you see. does not mean to drop the

curtain it's an opening in season two performances we are glad that we've agreed to be the last and it will give the performance. director of the heritage of st petersburg recently said in an interview to this kind of paper that senior russia badly needs a museum of modern art like the new york museum of modern art you don't have a personal. contacts business grass to be able to have the. 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 every one of this town's 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 ninety nine to. the moment we're planning to build such a museum we've chosen the place the architectural project is ready. and st petersburg and moscow and the city center we are hopeful that the construction will start next year. all the necessary approvals will so. scandalous character. of the american courts past in the us the action. after that ruling. became cautious when sending their exhibits to the us i guess they're afraid that the exhibits can be detained there how can this situation and. this ruling the reviewed

water and. cautious when they send their collections to other countries such as. france. or american partners creatively situations. become an obstacle in the way of a partnership in this sphere of culture a purely american situation will american situation in danger for your. point on expect to delay. the collection of manuscripts never been 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. moral rights yes moral rights but if so we should give away all the exhibits from our museums it's

absolutely unacceptable that a common american. judged a state's actions according to international law. actually. it's absurd to do no one in the mosque could call it will judge the state of italy or spain because of international law forbids it it. forms our counterparts in the us department of states about our position we say that the state is x. traditional by the way the us shares the provisions of international law. unfortunately the court's ruling was in favor of religious organisation in a very similarly just organisation 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 the common american courts made a ruling on this state of russia. it's a judge 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 we made a decision that it's like the exhibitions of russian culture really you could be organizing the moments in the u.s. . unfortunately. do you think you will be able to change this situation we've talked to the u.s. diplomats on the show we are waiting now for the business of the u.s. and nobody else. sponsor vera lection can paint. hope that the department

of state will realize its a mission. and will explain to us schools and community and it is done it long time ago that the reasons are national law which we all have bay. should not be a host in such circumstances we send our exhibitions only to the countries which give a hundred percent guarantee they will reach a connection. when we speak advance italy and spain always give such guarantees. as well as past 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 as to was going on there usual secondary schools i recently read an article in

a newspaper that said there's the threat of several large schools being closed in moscow. can you tell us about the situation of arts education in the russian arts education among the best in the world media it's a legacy from the zon period of russia and the soviet union but well this is the case with this 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 in the. professions. this position was one should study for five years to become a theatre a film director. to study for four or five years should be no bachelor's and master's in these professions and the same is we've actually. preserved our

traditional system and high standards of education is. to finance it 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 school. working on the moment where. thank you very much for being with us just a reminder that my guest in the studio was. the russian culture minister and that's it. if you. drop it. back with more first. outside russia and they are to take. fifty. fifty.

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