Mikhail Shvydkoy: We are not heirs of “Tolstoyevsky”

... whatever the BBC shows on television. Again, this is not about forcing anyone, but about awakening interest. Alexei Fenenko: Soft Power: Reality and Myth What can make Russia attractive culturally in the present-day situation? The question you are asking ... ... promoting Russian culture abroad and vice versa. On the one hand what the Western public today wants is obviously performing arts, especially music. Although we have been losing some competitions Russia has a formidable artistic and musical school which ...