{"id":1353149,"date":"2022-03-01T16:52:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353149"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:53:00","slug":"freedom-fries-west-begins-scrubbing-russia-from-cultural-sphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-fries-west-begins-scrubbing-russia-from-cultural-sphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Fries: West Begins Scrubbing Russia from Cultural Sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffreedom-fries-west-begins-scrubbing-russia-from-cultural-sphere%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353149&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">As well as economic sanctions on Russia in the wake of its relaunched invasion of Ukraine, several attempts to isolate the Eurasian state culturally are also underway.<\/p>\n<p>After the country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Russia has found itself at the business end of a host of sanctions targeting the regional power\u2019s economy and military sector.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia is also finding itself quickly being frozen out of the cultural sphere of the western world, with organisations, companies and people dropping all things to do with the eastern European state.<\/p>\n<h2>Big Tech:<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThierryBreton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ThierryBreton<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeraJourova?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VeraJourova<\/a> spoke with Google &#038; YouTube CEOs, urged online platforms to step up efforts to address Russian war propaganda<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUvsDisinfo?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUvsDisinfo<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\uddfa<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8d9hUk8Q8u\">https:\/\/t.co\/8d9hUk8Q8u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luc\u00eda Caudet (@LuciaCaudet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuciaCaudet\/status\/1498170720723025921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Concern over Russian media influence online is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/05\/ministry-of-truth-alleging-russian-interference-sweden-launches-disinformation-agency\/\">nothing new<\/a>, with Social media giants have been targeting Russian propaganda since long before the war in Ukraine began.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/pixels\/article\/2022\/02\/28\/tiktok-suspend-les-comptes-des-medias-d-etat-rt-et-sputnik-en-europe_6115606_4408996.html\">report<\/a> by\u00a0<em>Le Monde<\/em>, Big Tech has since dramatically stepped up its own war on Russian influence, with a number of state media broadcasters being heavily censored on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Tiktok have all taken action against RT and Sputnik News, with Google and Facebook totally blocking access to the social media accounts of both Russian outlets from Europe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media. Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickclegg\/status\/1498395147536527360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDue to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we\u2019re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/googleeurope\/status\/1498572529409179648\">wrote<\/a> Google Europe in a statement online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take swift action,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media,\u201d a statement by Facebook\u2019s Nick Clegg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickclegg\/status\/1498395147536527360\">read<\/a> regarding censorship on the company\u2019s platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/19\/falling-upward-zuckerbergs-meta-promotes-ex-uk-deputy-pm-clegg-to-global-role\/\">ex-Deputy PM<\/a> of the United Kingdom confirmed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Sport:<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_20066418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238807371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20066418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238807371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian colours ahead of the English League Cup final football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium, north-west London on February 27, 2022. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tech is not the only area where Russia is being isolated culturally.<\/p>\n<p>A number of measures both large and small have hit the country and its leader within the sporting world including a near-total\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/28\/fifa-reverses-course-bans-russian-national-team-from-world-cup\/\">ban<\/a> of the country from international soccer tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Both the country\u2019s club and national soccer teams are now under the effect of the ban implemented by bodies FIFA and UEFA, which will prevent Russia from competing in the upcoming world cup.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice,\u201d the joint statement from the two organisations read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine. Both Presidents hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people,\u201d it continued, with FIFA adding that the ban was effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/feb\/28\/chelseas-roman-abramovich-trying-to-help-in-ukraine-russia-conflict\">pencilled in<\/a> by British MPs for sanctions, with\u00a0<em>The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>reporting\u00a0politicians as calling for the Russian oligarch\u2019s assets to be seized, despite his claims that he is trying to broker a peace deal regarding the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The oligarch has been accused of \u201ccorrupt activity and practices\u201d, with Labour MP Chris Bryant saying he should be banned from owning the famous British football club.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer is not the only realm where Russia has been targeted, however.<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/28\/international-olympic-committee-recommends-barring-russia-belarus-from-competitions\/\">recommended<\/a> that international sporting competitions ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in sporting events. The statement comes just in time for the end of the Beijing winter games.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the National Hockley League <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/03\/01\/national-hockey-league-suspends-russian-partnership\/\">announced<\/a> it was suspending all partnerships with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The World Tae Kwon Do Federation has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/sport\/ukraine-krieg-taekwondo-weltverband-entzieht-wladimir-putin-den-schwarzen-ehrenguertel-a-6f9e1199-351b-4362-bdf0-a7ec7d1107a1\">stripped<\/a> Vladimir Putin of his honorary black belt over the ongoing conflict, while the International Judo Federation has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/02\/27\/international-judo-federation-suspends-putin\/\">suspended<\/a> the Russian leader\u2019s position as its honorary president.<\/p>\n<p>Putin is well known for being a keen practitioner of martial arts, earning a black belt in Judo before entering politics and penning a book titled \u201cJudo: History, Theory, Practice\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Culture:<\/h2>\n<p>Russian ballet has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/01\/the-show-cant-go-on-russian-arts-cancelled-worldwide\">stood down<\/a>\u00a0by theatres in both the UK and Ireland, with The Helix in Dublin cancelling a performance of Swan Lake by the Royal Moscow Ballet, while London\u2019s\u00a0Royal Opera House has cancelled the upcoming temporary residency of\u00a0Moscow\u2019s Bolshoi Ballet.<\/p>\n<p>Both venues cited the ongoing conflict for the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Other parts of the music world have also seen Russian artists de-platformed, with Eurovision prohibiting the appearance of a Russian delegation at the 2022 song contest, while the Munich\u00a0Philharmonic Orchestra has reportedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/kultur\/wegen-naehe-zu-putin-muenchen-entlaesst-chefdirigent-der-philharmoniker-a-2f517d96-78bd-4a68-a106-f2ce5b906911\">dismissed<\/a> its conductor\u00a0Valeri Gergiev over his alleged ties with Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood giants have also taken measures against the invading power, with a number of major studios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2022\/mar\/01\/disney-and-warner-bros-pause-film-releases-in-russia-over-ukraine-invasion\">pausing release<\/a>s over hostilities in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Disney, Sony, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/01\/the-batman-release-canceled-in-russia-due-to-ukraine-crisis\/\">Warner Brothers<\/a> have all announced that they will be pausing box office releases in Putin\u2019s Russia as a result of the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WarnerMedia is pausing the release of its feature film The Batman in Russia,\u201d read a statement from one of the companies. \u201cWe will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves. We hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Advertising:<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comparethemarket has pulled its ads featuring the animated Russian meerkat &#8216;Aleksandr Orlov&#8217; from news bulletins in light of Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said \u201cthey have no association with Russia and the current situation.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QbOxxGIazG\">pic.twitter.com\/QbOxxGIazG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talkRADIO\/status\/1498327173270327300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps the strangest casualty of the new, international culture war however is\u00a0Aleksandr Orlov, a fictional meerkat oligarch used to advertise a UK price comparison site.<\/p>\n<p>Velvet smoking jacket and cravat wearing Orlov \u2014 who appears to be styled off the stereotype of a Russian oligarch \u2014 has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-60557073\">stripped<\/a> from British television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meerkats are fictional characters,\u201d the company said in a statement on the decision. \u201cThey have no association with Russia and the current situation,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continually reviewing our advertising to ensure we\u2019re being sensitive to the current situation,\u201d it continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as economic sanctions on Russia in the wake of its relaunched invasion of Ukraine, several attempts to isolate the Eurasian state culturally are also underway. 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