The crazy Russian Orthodox priests are trying to prevent a theater in the city of Novosibirsk from bringing to the viewers Tannhäuser, an opera by Wagner. The opera supposedly hurts the feelings of the religious people. Given that less than 2% of people in Russia practice religion (according to the Russian Orthodox Church), this is a very inventive argument.
Banning operas for religious reasons in a historically non-religious country is a sign that all attempts at looking reasonable have been abandoned by Russia’s authorities. Russia is not managing to enter into modernity and is currently fighting a war against Ukraine to punish the neighboring country for its eager and joyful acceptance of modernity.
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