In an interview with Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation TASS He appreciated the recent personnel changes in Russia’s leading museums.
According to her, these are not trends and every date has a different motivation. According to Shvydkoy, the new general director of the Museum of Russia Alla Manilova has long been in St. Petersburg, and his former director, Vladimir Gusev, understood that it was better for him to be president. “The contract is up, people are looking for their own way. In the case of Marina Loshak, I believe she is looking for her further development. Maybe there was something else in Zelfira Tregulova’s case.”
The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation also requested that the rotation of leadership in the museums of the Russian Federation be taken calmly, so as not to dramatize the situation and not seek explanations of conspiracies. “There is a new generation of managers coming from different fields: business, public administration, science, etc. I believe that these new generation managers will be able to compete adequately with their predecessors.”
April 25, 2023 Alla Manilova, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation left Head of the Russian Museum.