Elizabeth Isakov. Russia's participation in the form of a guest of honor at the 29th international Salon of books And press in Geneva became extremely successful, has told to the correspondent the Director of the program of the Russian pavilion Nina staged at the end of the book fair on Sunday.

"The current Russia's Participation in the Geneva book fair And the press in the form of guest of honor was a hugely successful And successful," she said.

According to staged All the events that were held at the Russian booth, assembled a large number of people, and from those who want to purchase books by Russian authors, as in the original - in Russian, And translated into French, did not rebound.

The Director of the program of the Russian pavilion stressed that this time the Russian Federation was represented not only as a country with a rich history And culture, but turned To specific things, such as the 70th anniversary of victory in the great Patriotic war. This memorial was dedicated to a display of photographs of WWII And books. All those Interested could also take a ribbon, which is specially brought from the capital of Russia. By the end of the Salon on a Sunday All ribbons have been taken by the visitors.

in General, said staged To Russian citizens stand " this year, walked purposefully to the literature on serious discussion." Great interest was aroused, for example, performances by famous Russian writers: Zakhar Prilepin, Eugene Vodolazkin, the Novel Senchina, Andrew Gerasimov, Andrey Baldin And Vladislav Atroshenko.

"When was the Minister of culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky, And he had a dialogue with the President of the Swiss press club guy Mettan, there was a full house! Seats are not enough, And the citizens were standing in the aisle. It was a conversation on the urgent topic of Russophobia, its historical roots And modern Russophobia in the West. And This, by itself, has attracted a large number of visitors, " said staged.

"Russophobia RACISM"

During the discussion of the situation of Russophobia in the West, the head of the Swiss press club, former chief editor of the newspaper Tribune de Geneve guy Mettan also showed his book " Russia and the West: war for millennia. Russophobia from Charlemagne to the Ukrainian fall ". In the book, for example, describes the history And causes of Russophobic sentiments in Western society, and the manifestation of this relationship is equivalent To racism. Attention guy Mettan in this regard are attracted to attempts to belittle the achievements of Russia in the battle with fascism, stressing that the Western " the stigma of memory Is a way to expel Russia from Europe."

"Belittling the victory of the USSR In world war II), we (West) have contributed to the development of ostracism memory, which aims to exclude Russia from the Western sphere And to discredit her

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