To the light bulb

After a sharp change in the status of the accused in the “theater case”, the charge again hit the details

"Ours are there?" - asked the court secretary before the meeting. Freudian slip. “Ours” meant the participants in the process. Including - accused. Everyone is almost used to each other here. “Ours” were here: concentrated and serious. “I repeat once again: nothing has ended yet, we will continue to prove our innocence in court,” said Kirill Serebrennikov immediately after the abolition of house arrest. The impression that the accusation, having fallen out of a lethargic sleep, decided to wake up ... but somehow hesitantly.

On the eve of the meeting, the judge of the same Meshchansky court Tatyana Izotova pointed out violations in the indictment, noting that the court had to carry out the work of the investigation. Nina Maslyaeva once again could not explain anything about the theft of 133 million: who exactly abducted them? Note that this is the main witness of the prosecution ... Her case was returned to the prosecutor, invited new witnesses.

On the part of the state prosecution on Friday, Alexander Sivaev , born in 1985, works at the Moscow Operetta Theater. The artist in the light. With Serebrennikov and Malobrodsky sign exclusively at work.

On the “Platform” in 2012, he participated in the creation of the play “Hunting for the Snark”, Yekaterina Voronova, producer of the project, invited him after an interview. Then there was an agreement, quite standard, the total amount of about 60 thousand rubles.

The prosecutor's office is interested in the details of the work of the brigade of illuminators. The witness talks about the rehearsal process.

On meetings with Malobrodsky (one or twice), on signing the contract. After the play “Hunting for the Snark”, an agreement was concluded to produce the Moscow Saturnal project. There was a translation and caster - at the request of Voronova - through IP Sivaeva 500 thousand rubles. Minus the tax and the bank commission, money was received by the project. At the time of transfer of the money, the contract was signed with Ekaterina Voronova.

The prosecutor puts forward a request for the study of this contract. The witness is represented by the contract and the correspondence between him and Voronova.

Alexei Malobrodsky asks about the state of equipment “White Workshop” at the beginning of work on the play “Hunting for the Snark”. Sivaev explains that there was not enough equipment, I had to take an additional one - to create a complex color score of the performance.

Witness Oleg Nazarov brought a huge black bag with office folders, in which the technical work of the “Platform” was recorded with a fantastic detail.

Today Nazarov is working at the Bolshoi Theater by the head of the stage of stage effects. He worked on the Platform from 2012 to 2018. He was engaged in the technical support of new productions, selected a team and equipment. I met Serebrennikov on the set of the film "Cheating" - was a lighter. Then the artistic director of the Seventh Studio invited him to try himself as a technical director. He does not remember the amount of the contract. In addition to salaries, there were processing, night shifts. Nazarov was subordinated to technical workshops, all costumeers, illuminators, mounters and others. It happened that for emergency purchases I received cash on a receipt from the accountant Larisa Voitova: for the purchase of colors, boards, wires, etc. The director or artist explained the artistic task, together they decided what was needed for its implementation. Large amounts were spent - by bank transfer, small - in cash on a receipt, checking the checks to the accounting department. But they tried to make purchases by bank transfer (equipment, components).

Prosecutors are interested in whether there was a plan of measures, were there any replacements, breakdowns? Nazarov replies that it is extremely rare. The question of the number of people involved in events. Lighters (3 people), two sound engineers, mounters (from 4 to 6), and a costumer worked on the state. There were producers, artists, spokeswoman, hall administrators, chief administrator, cleaners, requisitions, assistants-director, guards in shifts. Friendly experts, costume artists, choreographers, composers, video artists, accountants were also involved. Which of the accountants? "In addition to Voikina, the chief accountant Nina Maslyaeva, whom I saw at work extremely." Where did the money go to the accounting department? Nazarov finds it difficult to answer - not his field of activity. It happened that there was no money at all: the bulbs were burned out - but it is impossible to buy. Money appeared - light bulbs were bought.

Nazarov was issued under an agreement with an entry in the work book.

Question from Sophia Apfelbaum about touring projects. When the team traveled in advance, in advance, what was not enough on the site, they rented something, they bought something. The standard equipment was its own, but much was not enough. For example, they got: dynamic light, sound speakers, musical instruments. Rent was much cheaper than buying. Dynamic light rental for two days could cost from 100 to 150 thousand rubles. Nazarov tells how the performances were taken out “Flotracks”, “Summer night”, “Metamorphoses” to Paris, Riga, Czech Republic, Yaroslavl ... I had to change a lot on every stage. He recalls concrete expenses, transporting two broken Volg into the car service.

Alexey Malobrodsky asks about the work of the "Workshop of Bely." “These are just a huge hall and three rooms,” Nazarov replies, “besides there was no decoration room. Scene, podium, mobile walls. Some performances, as “Summer on a summer night”, demanded a collection of scenery in three different spaces. Once a year, the “White Workshop” had to be completely released (a photo exhibition was held there). At night, on cars, everything was taken to warehouses to the other end of Moscow. Transportation costs were permanent.

Lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov asks the witness Nazarov to see the salary. Whether his signature ... "It seems, but not sure. But the amount does not correspond for accurately. ” He received about 70-80 thousand rubles. The statement indicated - 13 thousand rubles. Moreover, the names of his employees in the statement are generally absent.

To the question of the lawyer Oblazenova about the number of spectators, Nazarov replies that there were a full house on the performances of Serebrennikov and many others. I had to decide how to increase the number of places. About the difference in the cost of events - with other theaters: “We had a very limited budget, the repertoire changed all the time, all the time unique new projects. The tasks for our creative team were more opportunities. There was practically no weekend. "

Nazarov preserved part of the documentation on these projects (lists of equipment, bills, estimates for employees, passports of performances). Ready to present. He also has a video of performances.

“You can explain what a“ passport of the performance, ”says Ksenia Karpinskaya. "I can, but this is a whole lecture." And Nazarov explains how the documentation case develops, on the basis of which the performance can be restored.

The judge calls organizations, companies that seem to have participated in the activities of the “platform”, the witness cannot say anything: he has not even heard about them.

Lawyers will petition for the introduction to the case file the documents brought by Witness Nazarov. "How much do they contain reliable information?" - the judge is interested.

Witness, replies that the technical documentation is quite complete, statements, passports of performances, video recording of performances, schedule of events, a pack of accounts, all projects by year. Prosecutors object - they doubt the reliability of these materials that are not envious by the leadership of the studio. Weren't the amendments to them? The court decides to attach documents to the case, with the exception of invoices, since the witness could not report their source.

In the final of the meeting, the judge returned to the issue of the appointment of an examination and the possibility of experts to ask questions to the participants in the process. Dmitry Kharitonov recalls that there is a whole list of questions to experts who are attached to business. Alexey Malobrodsky asks the right to participate in this complex (economic, socio-art) examination.

The response of the judge, as well as her decision on the appointment of the examination, we will hear on Monday.

If the decision is made, the judicial series will drag on for a long time.

The artists have not yet been “interrogated”, but the feeling that the Platform project is ongoing. Just changed the site. Instead of “White Workshop” - a hall for court hearings. Here they watch videos from performances, they talk about them in detail. Explain the entire mechanics of theatrical life. The judge and prosecutors listen to these master classes with great interest. The "numbers" they like are repeated to the BIS. For example, the piano was remembered again. Today, witness Nazarov told about him in paints: “The piano was from the very beginning. Beautiful. Black, it was protected very much, especially during the chaos of construction and a change in scenery. He was even locked. The piano had his own adjustor. Why was it bought? Because to rent, to bring each time a difficult task. This is not a guitar, not a drum. And he was a participant in many performances. "

It is a pity that the piano cannot tell himself about his participation in the life of the platform. But it seems that the witness of the accusation is also impossible to make from him.