Spurred on by speeches from famed film director Andrei Zvyagintsev and recently fired theater director Boris Mezdrich, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of a Novosibirsk theater April 5 to demand the ouster of Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky, local media reported.
The Moscow Times: Amid opera scandal, protesters demand Russian Culture Minister Medinsky’s resignation
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater's director was suspected of having offended the sentiments of religious believers by his staging of Wagner's \u201cTannhauser.\u201d
