At the LDM Theater in St. Petersburg, changes were made to the musical “Diamond Car” based on the detective story of the writer Boris Akunin (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent and included in the list of terrorists and extremists). ) (Grigory Chkhartishvili). He himself reported this on Facebook (the owner of the Meta company is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia).
It is stated that the name of the work has been changed and the name of the musical is now “Marco Polo”. White water lily”. At the same time, a note of reinvention was added to the new version of the musical.
According to the original plot, the main character is Erast Fandorin, who receives a new assignment in Japan. The action of the author’s detective story takes place in this Asian country.
In the new version, according to Akunin, the action scene was moved to China, and the main character was the Venetian traveler Marco Polo, which made it possible to add his name to the new title.
“The musical took on the beautiful colors of the White Lotus and moved to Shangdu, China,” reads the statement on the theatre’s website. The new version of the production is planned to be shown in March.
The author moved to London about 10 years ago. In December 2023, pranksters Vovan (Vladimir Kuznetsov) and Lexus (Alexey Stolyarov) played a prank on Akunin. In the speech, the author confirmed direct attacks on Russia and confirmed that he donated part of the money from book sales to help the Ukrainian armed forces.
On December 18, 2023, Akunin was included in Rosfin’s watch list of terrorists and extremists. On January 12, the Russian Ministry of Justice added the writer to the register of foreign agents.
January 26 Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Akunin is wanted. This happened after a criminal case was opened against him for publicly legitimizing terrorism and spreading fake news about the Russian military.
Previous VTsIOM survey showedWhat Russians think about stores refusing to sell Boris Akunin’s books.