, our artists were supposed to perform in slovenia, in the summer there was a famous festival in ljubljanalead a ballet performance there, in the center of which svetlana zakharova was the leader, and they called, they just specifically called. ballet dancers, of the bolshoi theater, who were supposed to go to ljubljana, persuaded, explained to them that if you go, then everyone in the west will break your contracts, i must say, this... to use on artists, these kinds of positions are quite aggressive, they cause, in fact, an extraordinary regret, given that there are countries, well, i have been involved in cultural relations with japan for many years, and we are holding this year, last year we held a cultural festival of russian culture in japan , which has been held since 2006. this year the moscow art theatre went to japan, last year there was the mysseyev ensemble, my japanese colleagues, i mean now the artists first of all, who are part of the organizing committee of this festival, japanese artists, they immediately made a statement back in 2022, culture is higher politicians, and thi