A support rally was held in Akademgorodok for the Young Technicians Club, which attracted more than a hundred people.
A rally in support of the Club of Young Technicians (KYT) was held in Akadamgorodok on Saturday, journalist Arlen Baizhnov reported on his social networks.
According to him, more than a hundred people participated in the rally. At the rally were the deputy mayor Ksenia Antonova, the deputies of the legislative assembly Vladislav Plotnikov and Stanislav Lysenko, the former and current directors of the Institute of Hydrodynamics. The host was public figure Vladimir Kirillov.
The participants of the rally proposed several ways to save the club: transfer it to the Ministry of Education and Science with federal funding, include it in a technology park or create a regional structure. The option of transferring KYuT to municipal ownership (currently 50% municipal) was called undesirable due to the municipality's budget deficit.
"Thanks to the public outcry, KYuT will be preserved in some form. All that remains is to understand: in what way and for how long? My opinion is that federal funding is needed, all other options are half-assed, and in one way or another will lead to the extinction of the KYuT, Baizhnov concluded.
The residents of Akdamgorodok fear that after workers are laid off from the beginning of 2027, the club, which has been operating for more than 60 years, may cease its activities. KYuT was created by academician Mikhail Lavrentiev in 1964. where children engage in technical creativity - mechanics, electronics, design and robotics.