The usual suspects

Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky, known more for his ideology than his cultural expertise, has long been the punching bag of the country’s liberal intelligentsia. The latter have let it rip since one of Medinsky’s deputy was arrested last week on embezzlement charges. Criticism has started to come from the Kremlin as well now. Vladimir Tolstoy, the great-great grandson of the Russian novelist Leo, and cultural adviser to President Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday that if