Russian PM strips Lithuania's Tuminas of govt award

Published date17 May 2022
Publication titleLETA

VILNIUS May 17, BNS - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has ordered to remove Lithuanian theater director Rimas Tuminas, former art director of Moscow's Vakhtangov Theater, from the list of persons awarded the government's culture prize.

He signed the order on Monday, with no reason for such a decision provided.

Tuminas received the award in December, 2021 for his "significant contribution to the promotion of Russian culture", in particular...

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