Germany's Foreign Minister said last Thursday.
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Art and culture react with protests and cancellations - worldwide Russia is being isolated and opposition is forming against the invasion of Ukraine - against the war in Ukraine. In Russia itself, some museums are reacting with closures. Artists and museums cancel exhibitions. The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale will also remain empty - in protest. The private Moscow museum Garage does not want to show any more exhibitions for the time being: "We see ourselves as part of a larger world that is not divided by war." At the famous St Petersburg Hermitage, officials worry about losing foreign patrons: "Dear friends, the world has gone crazy and it will never be the same again," director Mikhail Piotrovsky wrote in an email on Saturday: "It is necessary to remain calm in this madness "because our mission to protect cultural bridges between nations has become more important than ever."
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China calls for peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine and propagates Ukraine as a 'bridge' between East and West.
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