Since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russian people in the West have been up against the strongest wave of Russophobia which also engulfed Russian art and sport. Munich Philharmonic Orchestra cut all ties with Maestro Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev found his name crossed out from the Carnegie Hall posters. Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chekhov are no longer welcome in the West, either. How does Russian culture withstand this wave of aggression?