Even Vladimir Putin—who is currently waging an unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine—finds himself distracted by the culture war, it seems. In a televised speech on Friday, the authoritarian Russian president criticized the West for engaging in cancel culture against the Russian people.
"They are trying to cancel our country," he said. "I'm talking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia—this trend that's unfolding in a number of Western states, with the full neglect and sometimes encouragement of Western cultures. They are now engaging in cancel culture, even removing Tchaikovsky."
