Roselyne Bachelot: France will help Russian artists forced into exile

French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot said France will help Russian artists who have gone into exile because of their opposition to Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

"If Russian artists, dissident artists who have taken a stand against Putin’s government, have been forced to go into exile, we will be at their side to ensure they get the help they need,“ she said during the presentation of French Language and Francophonie Week. He added, ”We are not at war with Russia. So there is no reason to have a punitive approach to its artists. I have called for the cancellation or postponement of events organized by official Russian cultural institutions and two artists who have long taken a clear stand for the Putin regime."

Roselyne Bachelot also insisted on the need to promote Russian classical culture: "We will not stop Musorgsky, we will not stop Tchaikovsky, we will not stop performing Chekhov. There are calls for boycotts that do not correspond to what culture is for us."

Roselyne Bachelot: France will help Russian artists forced into exile

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