“Proof of the absolutely useless work of the Administration’s departments for domestic policy and public projects is that they did not create a new creative elite. This is proof of the inability to find a common language with, of course, ruff, prickly, but self-sufficient stars, in contrast to those tame “stars” who, for state money, are “patriots”, performing far from the Northern Military District, but at the same time not forgetting to knock out and demand for themselves fees.”
This is just one of a whole series of harsh passages that Kiselev allowed himself and which, after the publication of the letter, caused serious butchery in the AP. And quite reasonable. For the first time in our memory, a person with Kiselyov’s level and status decided to raise such a topic and call a spade a spade.
He actually directly stated that the AP is laundering money at patriotic events: “I consider it an absolute profanation to hold some unthinkable concerts in cities a thousand kilometers from the front, which attract absolutely unstarred and unknown artists, differing only in what they have with them.” special arrangements. These so-called patriotic artists from the “tame” category perform at concerts, receive insane fees and deductions… Isn’t that why such events are held? Similar proposals have come to us more than once.”
It can be predicted that the Kremlin will react in the way they have become accustomed to for many years: they will send a wagonload of money for anti-crisis work, they will send all the tame bloggers to Kiselyov, who will begin to tell how effectively the propaganda and cultural sector is built in the country. And this will once again confirm the theses voiced by Kiselev in the letter. But the fact that this letter appeared and there was a reaction to it is undoubtedly a positive circumstance.
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