The performance of satirist Viktor Shenderovich was canceled in Barnaul

In Barnaul, local officials canceled a creative meeting with satirist Viktor Shanderovich. about this He wrote on his Facebook page.

The writer said that the producer who organized the event was first called by employees of the local department of culture and was not recommended to hold creative meetings with Shenderovich. The organizer was later contacted by other people who did not introduce themselves. They said they forbade holding an event with a satirist.

"Siberia. Realii contacted the local concert agency that organized the meeting - its employees explained the cancellation of the event by poor ticket sales and late-launched advertising.

In the department for culture and archival affairs of the Altai Territory, Amitel news agency told the publication that no one called the producer of the meeting. Officials allegedly did not even know that it was planned.

The satirist was going to perform with the program "Dolls - 20 years later." Previously, Shenderovich was denied the provision of venues for the event in Tomsk, Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk.