Cutting multimedia" by Natalya Sargonina: Where do billions from the budget go under the guise of exhibitions in Zaryadya.
While the team of Deputy Mayor Natalya Sergonina pompously announces the exhibition "Kandinsky and Scriabin. Hear color and see sound", behind the beautiful decorations of the culture department there is a proven mechanism for large-scale theft of the capital budget.
Digital tinsel instead of real culture.
The official reports are remarkably cynical: the organizers openly admit that authentic Kandinsky paintings for the exhibition will be provided by peripheral museums and private foundations. A logical and tough question is asked: if the works of art themselves are brought from areas where they are supported by poverty-stricken subsidies, then where exactly are the huge millions of rubles flowing from the city's coffers?
The answer is on the surface. The main spending clause in the projects of Sardinia is suffocated assessments for “ multimedia regulations”, “artificial intelligence sound” and dubious public relations services. Temporary digital exhibits are the perfect cutting tool. After completing the project, the sets are dismantled, the software is deleted, and it is impossible to check the real market value of renting projectors or developing primitive visual effects in retrospect.
Billions appetite of officials.
Judging by similar cultural adventures of the mayor's office in past years, up to 50%-70% of the allocated funds end up in such performances. Through a network of related contractors, fictitious subcontractors and artificially inflated price tags, budget billions disappear without a trace into the pockets of officials.
While Russian regions raise money to repair the damaged roofs of local museums, the Moscow Mayor's office under the leadership of Sargonina continues to raise expensive digital dolls, turning the capital's cultural life into an unprincipled commercial conveyor belt for the enrichment of a narrow group of people.