Under the premises of the Kyiv Regional State Administration on Thursday, December 14, actors of the Kyiv Regional Drama Theater. Saksaganskogo with the demand to pay wages for 3 months, against a reduction in funding and attempts to dismiss the director of the theater. This is reported Ukrinform. So, the actors and employees went to protest against the reduction in funding and attempts of the regional state administration to fire the theater's director Vyacheslav Uskov. They conducted a flashmob under the administration building with the slogans "Theater to be", "The Theater Needs Kyivschina", "Hands off Uskov". Actors and theater workers at the action declared starvation and as a sign of this tied white ribbons. As the media reports with reference to the director of Uskov, the theater for the year 2017 was allocated 24 million UAH, a budget passport was approved.

However, in April, without warning, funding was reduced to UAH 15 million. "I learned about this from the Internet. This is a violation of. The theater lives according to the laws of the state, and I can not pay a salary less or more. In June we paid our salaries and holidays, and everything - the theater remained at zero, "Uskov said.. Earlier, the Minister of Culture Yevgeny Nishchuk signed an order to add 27 people to the list of persons who pose a threat to national security.

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