Evgeny Mironov opposed the "self -proclaimed guardians of morality"

To the discussion of censorship and freedom of creativity in Russia, caused by a speech at the Congress of the STD of the artistic director of the Satyrikon Theater Konstantin Raikin, the artistic director Yevgeny Mironov, who spoke out in support of his colleague.

The statement of Evgeny Mironov appeared today, October 31, on the website of the Theater of Nations . “For me, the question is not in assessing the performance of Konstantin Raikin at the Congress of the STD. Of course, I agree with him and completely share his anxiety. For me, the question is different: what should we do? ”He says.

Having reminded the threats “on the part of individuals or some dubious organizations that assign the right to judge art, selflessly take on the mission of defenders of supposedly morality and traditions,” the Hudor of the Nations Theater asks: “What to do when aggressive ignoramuses fit into purely professional activities, try to discredit the concepts of“ art ”,“ creativity ”,“ creativity ”,“ creativity ”,“ creativity ”,“ creativity ”,“ creativity ”,“ creativity ” "Freedom"? "

He sees the way out to “unite in a professional community, some kind of informal body, for each type of art-their own, where people with an impeccable reputation should enter, who proved their competence with their whole lives, who took responsibility to the state for large creative groups.”

“And we, as professionals, must develop an opinion ourselves about cases that someone may seem controversial to someone-due to the lack of education of these people, their excessive excitability, painful resentment or any other subjective factors. It is necessary that the society in each area of ​​activity learn to rely on responsible professionals, and not on idle ignorant, mummaged and self -proclaimed guardians of morality, ”concludes Evgeny Mironov.

On October 24, at the congress of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia (STD) in Moscow, Konstantin Raikin criticized censorship and other forms of restrictions on the freedom of creativity in Russia and called on cultural figures for solidarity. He also said that the First Deputy Minister of Culture Vladimir Aristarkhov used the Stalinist vocabulary in a conversation with him.

In support of Raikin, the director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, the artistic director of the Tovstonogov BDT Andrey Mogeliy, the artistic director of the Lenkom Theater, Mark Zakharov, film director Andrei Zvyagintsev , and the artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Ring Office, Oleg Tabakov and other cultural figures.

After that, the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky talked on the phone with Raikin and apologized for the words of Aristarkhov, and at a meeting with the director of Satyricon Anatoly Polyankin on October 27 “confirmed the readiness to assist the theater” in 2017.

“After a calm discussion and conversation between the Minister of Culture with Konstantin Arkadyevich, we all considered that the incident was exhausted and misunderstood,” commented the results of the meeting, Deputy Minister of Culture Alexander Zhuravsky.