MINDLIN Mikhail Borisovich

As the director of the Andrii Rublev Central Museum of Old russian Culture and Art, he 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 August 2023, under the leadership of Mindlin and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation, the exhibition "Faces of the russian Icon" was organised in the temporarily occupied Volnovakha Museum of Local Lore.
Mindlin personally took part in the opening of the exhibition together with the so-called "acting Deputy Head of the DPR Government", "acting Minister of Culture of the DPR", "Head of the Volnovakha District Administration" and the russian Minister of Culture.