The decision to elevate Lyubimova, 39, to the nation’s top culture post was met with immediate criticism. On Wednesday, Ilya Shumanov, of the anti-corruption group Transparency International, tweeted a 2008 blog post by the new minister where she wrote, “I simply can’t stand going to exhibitions, museums, opera.”


Blogging on the online platform LiveJournal, she went on to write about hating ballet and classical music. Additionally, she said, “I’ve been to Paris, but not to the Louvre … I haven’t been on a gondola trip on the Venice canals.”

She continued, “I’ve been to the British Museum, the National Gallery, and a few dozen more European and Russian museums, and reckon I wasted my time there.”

After news of the posts broke yesterday, the entries were quickly deleted. Lyubimova has yet to comment about the blog.
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