Orthodox activists want to ban 'The Nutcracker' because they say it supports LGBT ideas.

Orthodox activists from the 'Forty Forties' movement demanded that the Ministry of Culture ban the ballet 'The Nutcracker' by Pyotr Tchaikovsky in all Russian theaters. They argue that the traditional New Year's production promotes non-traditional values and aids in spreading LGBT extremist ideology.

'This ballet was written by the homosexual Tchaikovsky, a libertine who used his poor music to demonstrate the advantages of a perverted lifestyle,' said Emelyan Yaroslavsky, leader of the 'Forty Forties'. He believes such performances should not be in our cultural institutions.

The activists have suggested to the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres, without waiting for an official directive from the Ministry of Culture, to change their pre-New Year's program—instead of 'The Nutcracker', they could stage operas like Mikhail Glinka's 'A Life for the Tsar' or Modest Mussorgsky's 'Khovanshchina'.", "

If the leaders of cultural institutions 'do not listen to the voice of the people', the activists might conduct a series of pickets at the theaters or 'otherwise prevent the celebration of homosexuality in the heart of Moscow and St. Petersburg'.", "

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