Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will provide grants to support the capital’s cultural institutions, including compensation for workers’ wages and utility bills. This was reported on Friday, November 13, on the mayor’s website.
It is noted that theaters, concert halls, cinemas, museums, libraries and cultural centers under the jurisdiction of the capital’s department of culture will receive additional funding.
There are grants for compensation of salaries of workers of cultural institutions, utilities and property maintenance.
“The directors of the theaters can independently decide whether to close the institution or continue working in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological measures. The Moscow government will provide financial support in any case, ”the message says.
On November 10, Sobyanin signed a decree to tighten restrictive measures against theaters and cinemas in the city due to the situation with the spread of coronavirus. According to the new rules, the number of spectators that can be present in theaters and cinemas will be reduced to 25% of the capacity of the hall.
The day before, the Minister of Culture of Russia Olga Lyubimova also signed a decree according to which federal museums and reserve museums in Moscow from November 13 of this year to January 15, 2021 should suspend exhibitions and group excursions amid the spread of coronavirus infection.
At permanent exhibitions, museums must ensure that the social distance between visitors is at least 1.5–2 m.