Russia. Novosibirsk. March 29, 2015. Prayer stand and rally "Let's protect the holy places – let's save Russia!" on Lenin Square. The Novosibirsk Archdiocese demanded that the opera Tannhauser, directed by Timofey Kulyabin, be excluded from the theater's repertoire, and Boris Mezdrich, director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater, was fired in connection with the scandal surrounding it.