Circus leaders of Russia announced the creation of an organization alternative to the current Union … Its task will be to protect the interests of the national circus and the development of the industry, said the head of the Russian State Circus Sergei Belyakov during a press conference at the Rossiya Segodnya MIA. According to him, the documents for registration of the new organization have already been submitted.
At the moment, more than 100 leading Russian circus artists have written a statement about their withdrawal from the current union after the last elections for the chairman of the organization, with the results of which the majority of the current representatives of the circus industry did not agree, said Sergei Belyakov. They believe that the elections were non-transparent, and people with dubious reputations ended up in the board.
“The chairman of the Union of Circus Figures owes 7 million rubles to the Russian State Circus, there is a court order. A person with an outstanding conviction for a bribe became the deputy chairman. To be in such a Union is completely unacceptable for many. Therefore, we decided to create an alternative organization, “Belyakov said.
The founders of the new public organization are: Rosgoscirk, which owns 37 branches throughout the country, the Bolshoi Moscow Circus and the Nikulin Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard .
Maxim Nikulin, General Director of the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, called the creation of the new organization a historic event that brought together the three largest players in the industry.
“If earlier the Union of Circus Figures was a kind of“ local committee for the poor ”, then the organization that is being created will be able to restore the prestige of the Russian circus. There is a huge layer – international tours, together we can return our circus to Europe, to America. It's always stronger and more fun together, “he said.
The head of the Great Moscow Circus, Edgard Zapashny, said that representatives of private and regional circuses in Russia will also be able to join the new association. According to him, the organization will also work with circus art veterans, those circus performers who have found themselves in difficult life situations.