[Russia] - Moscow Theater Cancels Plays With Kremlin Critic Liya Akhedzhakova

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
On Wednesday Moscows Sovremenik Theater announced that The Gin Game, which starred acclaimed starlet Liya Akhedzhakova, would not be
performed
This effectively ended the actresss profession at the theater, which she joined in 1977
Akhedzhakova is a renowned Soviet and Russian starlet of movie and stage, who has performed in more than 50 movies, including her well-known
role of the secretary Verochka in Office Romance
Her profession at The Sovremenik Theater and other venues was similarly illustrious
Over the years she has actually gotten dozens of awards including Theater Star, Peoples Artist of the Russia, Order For Merit to the
Homeland, and 2 Nika Awards
She has been similarly celebrated as a human rights activist who has actually consistently spoken up against abuses of civil and human
rights, consisting of versus the law forbidding adoption of Russian children by America residents
She has actually safeguarded independent media, such as the original NTV television channel and TV Rain
In 2013, she was granted a prize from the Moscow Helsinki Group for the defense of human rights by means of culture and arts
She has been a strong and vocal critic of the Russian addition of Crimea and the war waged by Russia versus Ukraine
In early February of last year she accompanied other theatrical associates to protest against the imposition of standard values in Russian
theaters
Her function in Rinat Tashimovs play First Bread in 2021 was highly slammed by Russian military and veteran companies for literally
spitting into the souls of all generations of Russian veterans
Lidiya Fomina, the head of the Moscow branch of the Russian Cultural Workers Union, informed the platform news.ru that although
Akhedzhakova was no longer performing, she had not been fired; she would still get a monthly base pay of 50, 000 rubles (about $675)
In another post on the same platform, Fomina was priced quote saying that she supported the choice of the Sovremenik Theater, given that in
life you need to pay for whatever
The [theater] director warned me that I would not be carrying out in the repertory, the 84-year-old actress stated
This was the demand of some angry letter-writers ..
Im sitting here weeping
I get it
Iknowwhowroteandwhoorganizedit
Butnothingcanbedone