So now Tchaikovsky is the ordinary Russian who is oppressed by the evil West and that's proof of Russian "democracy"? LOL at the never-seen-before depths of absurdity.

BTW, unlike in Russia where Putin tells you what to do, in the real world people and other entities such as orchestras tend to make their own decisions. Tchaikovsky is not under sanctions so whoever removed his music was acting on their own. I disagree with that decision but it's their right, as is my right to buy or not to buy tickets to their concerts. Isn't real freedom and democracy great?