Circus during the War: What criteria in Ukraine are booked by cultural employees

Among such organizations Kryvyi Rih, Kharkiv, Dniprovsky, Odessa, "National Circus", as well as "Mobile Circus of Ukraine". Together with them the right to the reservation of employees was granted to Kinokit, which participates in the production of content for the All -Ukrainian TEMACHPON. This news has caused ironic remarks from both ordinary Ukrainians and some politicians who were surprised by such a Ministry of Culture. In the profile ministry, the indignation of Ukrainians was surprised. V. O.

The head of the Ministry of Culture Rostislav Karandeyev called "Hate" around the topic of booking employees of information and cultural institutions "disrespect for people" who qualitatively perform their work, as well as "a primitive assessment of their social importance, as well as the value of the culture in the country that is fighting. " The official added that the mobile circus "performs its artistic mobilization task" and booked only 14 people - less than 10% of the team.

And in the ministry, they intend to continue to book employees of theaters, music, circuses, as well as some media, since Ukrainian media "is a source of truthful information and the national security of Ukraine".

"You can ironize as much as you like the criticality of cultural institutions for the functioning of the economy and booking artists, but delaying some of the personnel of cultural and media staff and media mobilization allows you to maintain their minimal ability to produce a cultural and information product and provide important socio -cultural services today ",-in the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine at the request of focus on what criteria the entities of the information and cultural sphere are entitled to the reservation.

It is known that the topic of booking from mobilization during the ongoing war remains debatable. People's deputies cannot decide in any way: how to simultaneously satisfy the requests of a business that complains about the lack of employees due to an intensive conscript campaign, and not harm the needs of the army. One of the initiatives discussed in expert circles is to allow businesses to book servicemen, regardless of their positions, at a fixed cash rate.

The draft law on strengthening the mobilization of politics made appropriate edits. It was about the monthly payment to the budget of 20-35 thousand UAH for reservations of employees. The amendments have been rejected, but they may return to the document in the session hall. Meanwhile, businesses, in order to get a deferred mobilization for their employees, are applied to profile ministries to grant them critically important objects for the country's economy.

The Ministry of Culture states that the procedure of reservation of military personnel during the martial law was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree No. 76 of January 27, 2023. The document states that enterprises that are critical for the functioning of the economy and ensuring the life of the population in a special period, can book employees. It is difficult to call the criteria clear.

For example, an enterprise is considered "important" if "relevant to the national economy or meeting the needs of the territorial community", pays the established amount of taxes, and employees receive a salary for the last calendar quarter "not less years. " The final decision on which of the employees of such organizations can be distorted is agreed with the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Economy.

"Perhaps it is not quite correct to call cultural institutions critical for the functioning of the economy by enterprises. It would be correct to call them critical for our lives, spiritual stability and resistance," the ministry added. As of today, at the request of the Ministry of Culture, 1150 cultural workers and just over 700 mediamen have been booked. It is worth noting that the right to the reservation was given to the employees of TV channels involved in the broadcasting of the TV.

Their companies were given the status of "critical for the functioning of the economy and ensuring the life of the population in a special period. " In the list of TV channels "Mi-Ukraine", 1+1, ICTV, Inter, Council, Public. And also their employees can book the Air Force, Ukrinform, the new channel, the Starine Media, STB, the Skyscraper Media, UNIAN TV, Deutsche Welle, Tet, NBM, National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

Political expert Igor Reityrovich in a conversation with focus notes that the criteria that determine enterprises are critically important are very blurred. "The most likely manual mode of introduction to the lists. If critically important during the war for the Ministry of Culture are even circus workers, then the media by logic should automatically receive reservations, as a really important area," Reitrovich says.

The expert adds that the gaps in the legislation on clear booking criteria should fill in the mobilization law that the Verkhovna Rada plans to consider this week. However, according to the political scientist, people's deputies still reduce the problem to a fixed amount of money that businesses have to pay for the reservation of employees. "It is important to proceed from the criteria of national defense. For example, to book employees of enterprises producing specific products.

As well as those who counteract the Russian Federation in different directions, employees of vital areas - health care, education. The armor should depend on specific circumstances. The Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Zhdanov also in a conversation with focus states that the law does not specify a clear reservation system. "There are criteria - for example, experts on whom the performance of the enterprise depends are entitled to reservation.

But there is no clear policy - who can be reduced and who is to expand. Perhaps the circus will ride the country and raise the spirit of people, then let them book. This is not necessary now, " - says Zhdanov. The expert adds that during a full -scale invasion of the enterprise should go into wartime. Therefore, some organizations that are not critical are forced to reduce the number of employees.

"We have the Ministry of Economy is responsible for the country's mobilization plan, and can determine who to reduce, whom to deploy, whom to send to the front. As for journalists, there is a partial restriction of freedom of speech in wartime, and therefore reducing the volume of media. We can say about cultural enterprises. Focus has previously wrote that the state would spend on the production of "Single News" and "Freeud" 568 million hryvnias.

Since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the "Multimedia Platform of Foreign Broadcasting of Ukraine" and the Channel "Rada" spent UAH 1. 21 billion on a marathon. Focus also noted that the council would consider the ability to strengthen the responsibility for violations of military accounting rules. So for the failure to appear in the CCC for the Convention, the Cabinet proposes to increase the penalties to 204 thousand UAH, and the people's deputies - up to 22 thousand UAH.