Maybe, maybe Alternative Culture in such TWCS regimes could be the route, but the foreign funds would have to be used strictly for the Alternative Culture. We both know that's a politicization route, but the funds cannot be used for more overt expressions of "political activity" (to quote the new NGO law). No sane worker would want to see the domestic Alternative Culture being deemed "foreign agency."
FYI, the Venezuelan law on foreign funding for NGOs is even tougher than Putin's; it's banned.