“Over 1,000 cultural figures, including artists and curators, have addressed a letter to President Vladimir Putin and parliamentarians expressing fears that [a new] law is so sweeping that it could encompass ‘any public activity in the process of which knowledge and expertise are disseminated’ including ‘exhibitions, festivals, conferences, the activity of popularisers of science and art.’ The science community is also vocally protesting against the law.” – The Art Newspaper
