As the representative of the Ministry of Culture Vladimir Aristarkhov, check-up of the Ministry of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office was initiated with the filing of the department itself

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Director of the Department of Control and personnel of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Aristarkhov explained that the audit of the Ministry of Attorney General's Office of the Russian Federation began with the filing of the department itself.

It explained that the Attorney General's Office checked the performance of the budget law, procurement legislation and the protection of competition, both by the Ministry and its subordinate organizations. The request for verification was sent prosecutors in June 2012, after the change of the Cabinet, to clarify the situation in the department at the time of the change of leadership the Ministry of Culture.

prosecutor's investigation began only at the end of 2012, the results were received February 1, 2013. Arseny said that all the violations in the work of the ministry are in the first half of 2012 and earlier. On March 1, scheduled a meeting with the Attorney General's Office in order to avoid similar violations in the future.

«We are in close contact with the Attorney General's Office and are very grateful for conducting due diligence activities," - said Arseny.

often found violations already eliminated. In particular, because of the shortfall in the state kinodohodov 2011-2012, has been replaced by the Fund's governance support national cinema. Now it is headed by former Director of the Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana" Vladimir Tolstoy.

also sent a claim to arbitration for the recovery of fines and termination of the contract with "Initiative" , the operator of the State Catalogue of the museum fund. Goskatalog actually was not conducted, and the ministry to close the project.

According Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky, this decision - a good example of the agency, to listen to the opinion of museum professionals, who were against the conduct goskataloga. After the meeting at the Ministry of Culture with the leaders of the Moscow Kremlin, the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Museum of History in early February, it was decided to replace the directory with an extensive illustrated description of each museum exhibit more simple in shaping the roster.

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