The 2027 budget figures for culture are not critical, but there is no real growth. The "culture, photography" section includes spending of 308.3 billion rubles compared to about 290 billion in 2026. In absolute terms, this is an increase of almost 6%, but inflation did not stop during this period either. The main increase comes from the current expenses of institutions: salaries and maintenance, from 148 to 156.5 billion rubles. Grants for projects in music, theater and fine arts are reduced by 20%, the Union of Theater Workers - by 35%, the Union of Composers - by 20% and "Seasons of Russia" - by 17%. The "Cultural Worker Zemstvo", the model libraries and the reserve for new cultural complexes are reduced (in half). Theater renovations are frozen at face value. The cinema fund receives 9.7 billion rubles. Against 10.4 billion, but money was allocated separately to films about traditional values. Money was allocated for the maintenance of institutions, the Pushkin card which proved its effectiveness was kept and the funding was not cut. That is, money for culture was squeezed, but we tried to maintain funding in the required amount. This leads to talking about the fact that culture is being slaughtered in the first place. No, they still don't cut, but press, but they press a lot now.

The 2027 budget figures for culture are not critical, but there is no real growth. The "culture, photography" section includes spending of 308.3 billion rubles compared to about 290 billion in 2026. In absolute terms, this is an increase of almost 6%, but inflation did not stop during this period either. The main increase comes from the current expenses of institutions: salaries and maintenance, from 148 to 156.5 billion rubles. Grants for projects in music, theater and fine arts are reduced by 20%, the Union of Theater Workers - by 35%, the Union of Composers - by 20% and "Seasons of Russia" - by 17%. The "Cultural Worker Zemstvo", the model libraries and the reserve for new cultural complexes are reduced (in half). Theater renovations are frozen at face value. The cinema fund receives 9.7 billion rubles. Against 10.4 billion, but money was allocated separately to films about traditional values. Money was allocated for the maintenance of institutions, the Pushkin card which proved its effectiveness was kept and the funding was not cut. That is, money for culture was squeezed, but we tried to maintain funding in the required amount. This leads to talking about the fact that culture is being slaughtered in the first place. No, they still don't cut, but press, but they press a lot now.