“I welcome criticism in every possible way and, believe me, carefully monitor all criticism of the work of the Ministry of Culture,” RIA Novosti quoted Medinsky as saying.

He stated that he reads "all critical articles that come out."

He also said that he reads information appearing in Telegram channels.

“Sometimes, even from anonymous channels, you can extract some benefit and take some measures that will improve our work,” the minister added.

In July, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, during a speech in the Tambov Region, spoke about his attitude to popular Telegram channels and explained why he did not consider the information published by their authors to be reliable.