Khabarovsk Youth Theater lays off its creative staff. Similar measures affect theaters, museums and libraries in other regions Khabarovsk Youth Theater plans to eliminate nine creative positions starting January 1, 2027. The theater may lose the artistic director, manager, head of the literature department, speech teacher, music director, assistant director and other specialists. The team claims that in the last three years, 12 employees have already left the theater. The workers appealed to the governor and the minister of culture to stop the cuts. In Orenburg, the employees of the cultural complex of the National Village are laid off. According to the EAN, employees of the Regional Center for Cultural Development received notices. From January 1, 2027, they are going to remove the positions of methodologists who were involved in the development of folk art and the work of national museums. The corresponding decree of the Regional Ministry of Culture is dated September 29. The complex brings together ten national agricultural farms, some of which are not operating today. In the Yaroslavl district in 2025, 294 people were fired from state cultural institutions due to the reduction of the staff. We are talking about museum, theater and library workers. By December, 1,483 workers remained in these institutions. Streamlining also continues in the municipal institutions. The authorities attributed some of the changes to the consolidation of organizations and the elimination of duplicate roles. The Rybinsk Museum Reserve also reduced its staff in 2025. The Regional Ministry of Culture explained this by eliminating the duplication of functions and redistributing responsibilities. The dismissed workers were offered other vacancies. In the Murmansk region, funding for the program to support cultural and educational workers in this region was reduced by 2.55 million rubles. The money will be sent to the regional government's reserve fund. The authorities explained the decision by saying that these funds are not needed. These are program cost reductions, not approved layoffs.

Khabarovsk Youth Theater lays off its creative staff. Similar measures affect theaters, museums and libraries in other regions Khabarovsk Youth Theater plans to eliminate nine creative positions starting January 1, 2027. The theater may lose the artistic director, manager, head of the literature department, speech teacher, music director, assistant director and other specialists. The team claims that in the last three years, 12 employees have already left the theater. The workers appealed to the governor and the minister of culture to stop the cuts. In Orenburg, the employees of the cultural complex of the National Village are laid off. According to the EAN, employees of the Regional Center for Cultural Development received notices. From January 1, 2027, they are going to remove the positions of methodologists who were involved in the development of folk art and the work of national museums. The corresponding decree of the Regional Ministry of Culture is dated September 29. The complex brings together ten national agricultural farms, some of which are not operating today. In the Yaroslavl district in 2025, 294 people were fired from state cultural institutions due to the reduction of the staff. We are talking about museum, theater and library workers. By December, 1,483 workers remained in these institutions. Streamlining also continues in the municipal institutions. The authorities attributed some of the changes to the consolidation of organizations and the elimination of duplicate roles. The Rybinsk Museum Reserve also reduced its staff in 2025. The Regional Ministry of Culture explained this by eliminating the duplication of functions and redistributing responsibilities. The dismissed workers were offered other vacancies. In the Murmansk region, funding for the program to support cultural and educational workers in this region was reduced by 2.55 million rubles. The money will be sent to the regional government's reserve fund. The authorities explained the decision by saying that these funds are not needed. These are program cost reductions, not approved layoffs.