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Russian cultural figures have written an open letter to President Putin criticising the amendment © Nikita Fox Russian legislators have approved amendments to an education law that cultural workers fear will place arbitrary ideological restrictions on museum tour and lecture content as well as other cultural activities. The legislation was passed on 9 March in the second reading by the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, which assures enactment into law. Over 1,000 cultural figures, including artists and curators, have addressed a letter to President Vladimir Putin and parliamentarians expressing fears that the 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.

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