Music Competition at the Historical Museum Is Canceled – Linked to the Russian State

The Stockholm International Music Competition was supposed to take place at the Historiska Museum and Nacka Music School this weekend. But after Kulturnyheterna examined the competition's connections to Putin-friendly actors in Russia, Historiska has now chosen to withdraw from the event. - Obviously, we have not done enough research, says Åsa Marnell, museum director at Historiska.

According to SVT. Sweden has canceled the Stockholm International Music Competition (SIMC), which was scheduled to take place in the historical museum and music school of the city of Naka this weekend, May 31 and June 1. The reason was that the contest has close ties with Russia and Russians who support the war in Ukraine. This became known as a result of an investigation conducted by journalists of the cultural news SVT (Kultur). We obviously d…