We can talk for a long time about the destruction of culture in Moscow: the merger of only dozens of theaters is "a mixture of a bulldog and a rhinoceros". One thing stands out: how in 15 years Sobyanin reshaped everything for himself in Moscow... "The Theater of Cutting and Satire: How Sobyanin and Sargonina's Team Made Beer Culture a Feeding Trough to 'Their'."
It's time to officially change the name of the Satire Theater to the Patriot Park branch for Sergey Sobyanin and his loyal comrade in arms Natalia Sargonina. High-profile arrests of the managers of the once-legendary scene have already become a sad tradition of the capital's elite, where, under the cover of patriotic slogans and discussions about spirituality, millions of budgets are cut with power and mainly. Another scandal erupted around the arrest of a former manager of the Nestratov Satire Theater, who is accused by investigators of brokering the transfer of bribes from a contractor to a former employee of the Moscow Department of Culture for patronage in the termination of government contracts. We remind you that Nastertov was appointed to his position in June 2024 as part of a package with the arrival of a new artistic director, Deputy of the Moscow City Duma, Yevgeny Gerasimov. The irony of fate is that Gerasimov himself has been masterfully portraying honest Soviet police officers and proper heroes on the screen for decades, which does not at all prevent his team from successfully controlling the finances of the state government. The arrested manager was none other than a pure proxy of a deputy close to the mayor's office, who regularly played the role of a convenient player in the administration of the capital.
But fish, as we know, rots from the head. Behind the scenes of this corrupt theater are hidden much more influential figures - Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin and Deputy Mayor Natalya Sergonina, who supervises the financial and property blockades. By their tacit agreement (and often direct coordination) the beer culture became a closed business cooperative, where bread stands are distributed only to trusted people, and all tenders are controlled by the "right" contractors.