The " However, the reasons for this decision were publicly announced only now.

The artistic director and conductor of the choir Vadim Yatsenko for the first time commented in detail on the refusal of the group in the conversation “Straight Chervona”. According to him, participation in the filming was agreed upon in advance, and “Gomin” had to perform a classic choral carol on stage. At the same time, after the appearance of information about the scandal surrounding Mindich and the commentary of Kvartal 95 itself regarding their owner, as Yatsenko noted, there were no alternatives left for the team regarding participation in the entertainment project.

“When they pushed this corruption scandal, it seems to me that there were really no options. It was not a race to see who would be the first and who would be the last to refuse.. It was just as logical as possible. A lot of people would see us. We were supposed to sing the most classic choral carol there. But when this case arose, then, of course, in the first place, this should not have been done,” said the conductor.

Yatsenko emphasized that the decision was made without public statements and not for reasons of reputational pressure, but as the internal position of the team in the face of public outcry.

The refusal of the " Subsequently, Nadya Dorofeeva and KOLA also abandoned filming. After this, the studio announced a change in the format of December concerts and excluded from the poster the names of all previously announced guest artists, among whom were Irina Bilyk, MONATIK, the Gomin group and others.

In its official statement, Kvartal 95 said that it did not want to “subject invited artists to unnecessary information pressure,” and emphasized that the team continues to work and “speak the language of honest humor.”.

At that time, there were suggestions in the public space that the refusal of invited guests could be associated, first of all, with the financial difficulties of the studio after the Mindich case. Marketer Dmitry Tanasov said that after the exposure of the co-owner, the financing of Kvartal 95 could have been significantly reduced, which made it impossible to pay fees to invited artists.

“If you want, I’ll tell you why this is (the studio excluded the guest stars from the concert. – Ed. But because there is no more money to pay for their presence. Sorry, I've been in marketing for 30 years and I know exactly where the fuck is flying. Exclusively because Stadium Family was told on the first day that the project was closed. No money, sorry, there will be no further show. Mindich paid for everything. All. For stolen funds. And they took everything,” he noted..