Russia
In this section you will find the cultural policy profile of Russia in 7 thematic chapters, including additional information and resources.
The Compendium strongly condemns the armed attack by the Russian Federation on Ukraine, which has resulted in a war on European territory. This act not only violates international law and human rights, but also disregards democratic values such as peace, freedom and equality.
The full profile for Russia is from 2013 and therefore very outdated. Our expert for cultural policy in Russia (who is based in Finland) is currently working on a new version for the full profile. In the meantime, information on cultural policy in Russia that takes recent developments and events into account can be found in the interim profile for Russia from 2023.
1. Cultural Policy System
This chapter describes the scope of a country’s cultural policy system, including main features and elements, the objectives of policies, the developments over the years and the relationship between the different levels of government.
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2. Current cultural affairs
What are the recent developments regarding topics such as digitisation, diversity and sustainability? In this chapter, the current priorities of a country’s cultural policy and the connection to key issues are assessed.
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3. Cultural and creative sectors
Sector-specific information on policies, measures, debates and developments can be found here: from visual arts and crafts, performing arts and heritage to cultural and creative industries like media and tourism.
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4. Law and legislation
This chapter provides an overview of a country’s legal system for cultural policy making, comprising those pieces of general legislation that impact culture and sector-specific legal provisions, such as legislation on books and press.Read Profile
5. Arts and cultural education
In this chapter, attention is paid to national initiatives and the different forms of arts and cultural education: artistic education in schools, higher arts education, out-of-school arts and cultural education, and vocational and professional training.
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6. Cultural participation and consumption
How is cultural attendance promoted and what role do cultural centres have? What are the trends and figures for cultural participation and household cultural expenditures? Such information is clearly conveyed in this chapter.
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7. Financing and support
This chapter contains tables and descriptions regarding public cultural funding (including the specific expenditure per sector and that at government level), private cultural funding and cultural support programmes such as artists’ funds, grants and awards.
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