MOSCOW, October 11, Yulia Zachetova. Alla Pugacheva, Andrei Makarevich*, Liya Akhedzhakova, Chulpan Khamatova — these and some other representatives of show business, as well as artists who were once awarded the title of “people's”, cause indignation among many on the Internet with anti-Russian statements. Is there a way to deprive them of their honorary status and what kind of money do these people still receive from the state — in the material .
Decide at the top: only the one who appropriated the title can be deprived.
Among the artists who condemned the SVO and left the country, there are many pensioners. The standard old-age payment for artists and cultural workers is an average of 14 thousand rubles per month.
At the federal level, increases are not provided for people or meritorious people, explained the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, Elena Drapeko.
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“There are compensation payments that are given by the Ministry of Culture at the expense of its funds,” the deputy added. “They are due to retired folk artists once a year.”
But some regions have their own rules. For example, Moscow pays an additional 37 thousand rubles, according to the website of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population. In St. Petersburg — 30.
Deprivation cannot be preserved: the opinion of social activists and authorities
Those who have discredited themselves cannot retain their awards and benefits, say social activists, including the head of the Federal Project for Security and Anti-Corruption, Vitaly Borodin.
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"Those who have already come to the attention of in connection with criticism of the SVO, whoever is recognized as a foreign agent, is an agent of influence, receives Western funding and, among other things, can work for Western intelligence, should be deprived of all titles and regalia. The law must work for everyone,” he said.
Drapeko believes that this is worth discussing, but an individual approach is needed, there should not be a “payroll.”
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"Honorary titles "People's Artist" and "Honored Artist" assigned by presidential decree. Only the one who issued the decree can revoke it. So in this case, we need to ask not the State Duma, but the Presidential Administration,” she emphasized.
And they counted you: those who left will not have to confirm their right to a pension< /h3>Lawyer Vladimir Komsolev believes that the issue of depriving those recognized as foreign agents of their titles should be dealt with by the investigation and the court. However, there is a risk of destroying the “merit-reward” system: awards and status confirm the state’s gratitude for outstanding achievements.
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"Akhedzhakova, for example, introduced certain film images into the public consciousness. This is intellectual work for which she was noted at one time. Deprivation of awards for opinion will cause an imbalance of rights and responsibilities,” explains the expert.
As for pension legislation: when someone goes abroad for one reason or another, payments continue. The man fulfilled his obligations — he worked. Now the state is fulfilling its own.
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"In any country they monitor the status of people who are on its territory. Residence and death are recorded, information is transmitted to their homeland,” Komsolev clarified.
So pensioners who have left will not have to confirm their right to payments, which has been a lot of talk on the Internet.
* An individual performing the functions of a foreign agent.