The issue of moving the Ministry of Culture is in charge of the country’s leadership – RIA Novosti

01:15 13.05.2016

(updated: 11:46 13.05.2016 )

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MOSCOW, May 13 – RIA Novosti. The issue of moving the Ministry of Culture in St. Petersburg has to decide the country’s leadership, commented RIA Novosti open letter to artists, the press service of the department.

Earlier, media reported that the artists of St. Petersburg wrote open letter (available to RIA Novosti), has initiated the transfer of the Ministry of culture in the northern capital. Among the signatories of the letter directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, the general director of “Lenfilm” Eduard Pichugin, People’s Artist of the RSFSR Svetlana Kryuchkov, artistic director of the Alexandrinsky Theater Valery Fokin, Rector of St. Petersburg Art Semenov St. Michael Academy, playwright and director Victor Merezhko and others.

“Ministry Moving – is a matter of the country’s leadership of St. Petersburg is really the cultural capital, is no coincidence cultural forum is held there.”, – commented on the initiative of the press service of the Ministry

letter authors believe that the decentralization of state power. ” strengthen integration processes, enhances regional involvement in the governance of the state. ” “In the case of St. Petersburg – the question is long overdue,” -.. Point of culture

“Today, the Ministry of Culture, as ever, it is necessary to establish a permanent dialogue with the artistic intelligentsia must pay tribute to the leadership of our Ministry of Culture, it failed to organize such a meaningful dialogue “, – said in the letter

Authors of the message point ability the Ministry of Culture.” to hear the criticism and the right and left and to promptly respond to the challenges of time “

.” But solve the the problem can be more speedily, when the department will be strong and unbreakable bond with the artistic process, when it is, as they say, is immersed in the crucible of creative ideas and problems of our cultural capital. It just may be demonstrated by the fact of the return of the Ministry of the cultural capital our country “- sums of culture

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