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President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of trying to cancel Russia's rich musical and literary culture, including composers Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninov, in the same way he said it had cancelled "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling. Speaking in a meeting with leading cultural figures broadcast on national…

The leader’s messages to his people – and the west - have been central to the heroic fightback. But now more than ever, we must stay engaged, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Harry Potter author has been widely condemned for her comments and viewpoints surrounding transgendered people in recent years.

President complains west ‘trying to cancel a whole 1,000-year culture’ after invasion of Ukraine

JK Rowling has responded to Vladimir Putin after he reportedly referenced her during a speech condemning “cancel culture” in the West.

The author said the Russian President was not in a position to critique Western culture.

The Russian president cited the Harry Potter author as an example of what happens in the West, adding that it likes to cancel people and compared that with cancelling Russia

Russian army chief Sergey Rudskoy confirmed on Friday that the country will now focus its main war effort on the "complete liberation" of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region

Vladimir Putin, ostracised from the world stage since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, went on a rant about what he called western efforts to 'cancel' his country

Russian president says west ‘cancelled’ British author ‘because she didn’t satisfy demands of gender rights’

Russia says it will now focus on the ‘liberation of Donbas’