The European Commission will cancel funding for the Venice Biennale due to russia's return

Brussels warned the organizers in an official statement that if the russian pavilion opens at the 2026 exhibition, EU grants will be suspended. The European Commission stressed that culture cannot be a platform for kremlin propaganda, and that russia's return after a three-year hiatus contradicts the sanctions policy and the collective response to the war against Ukraine.

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