Vice Speaker of the State Duma and deputy from the New People faction Vladislav Davankov is introducing a bill for consideration in the lower house of parliament, which proposes to ban spending more than 1 million rubles from state and municipal budgets on performances by artists. About this reports RIA Novosti agency with reference to a copy of the document.
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The bill proposes to amend the law “On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, and services to meet state and municipal needs.” The authors propose that the government set price limits for purchased services for organizing and holding events.
“In this regard, the bill proposes to introduce a de facto ban on the purchase of concerts, musical performances and corporate events worth more than 1 million rubles from state and municipal budgets. The saved funds should be used to finance health care and education,” says the explanatory note to the initiative.
The explanation to the bill explains that the draft federal budget for 2025 and for the planning period 2026–2027 talks about reducing regional budgets and interbudgetary transfers. Thus, it is inappropriate to spend tens of millions of rubles on holding one concert, the document notes.
The author of the bill added that previously the municipal authorities signed a contract for 16 million rubles to hold a concert in honor of City Day in Orenburg with the participation of the singer Shaman, and 8.25 million rubles were spent from the budget of the Novgorod region this year for the performance of Oleg Gazmanov. In a number of regions, after criticism about the excessive costs of holding musical events, expensive concerts were canceled, the document states.
