KUPINA Iuliia Arkadevna

As the director of the russian Ethnographic Museum, she cooperates with the occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, promotes the legitimisation of russia's occupation of Ukrainian territories and the integration of Ukrainian museums located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine into the russian cultural space through the implementation of federal cultural and educational projects.
In particular, on 5 March 2024, as part of the curatorial programme of the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation, the russian Ethnographic Museum, led by Kupina, opened a Children's Ethnographic Centre in the Berdiansk History and Local Lore and Art Museums. Kupina personally took part in the opening of the centre, which was attended by representatives of the russian Ministry of Culture and the so-called "Ministry of Culture of Zaporizhzhia region".
Also in March 2024, the russian Ethnographic Museum, under Kupina's leadership, held an exposition and educational event "Multinational russia" at the Berdiansk Museum of Local Lore. The event featured, among other things, the russian Ethnographic Museum's project "Multinational Novorossia: Ethnographic Images" and a collection of dolls dressed in the costumes of the peoples of the so-called "Novorossia".