Originally Syndicated on May 18, 2023 @ 11:39 am
It’s important to recognize the domestic film business as a distinct revenue leak for the government. More and more public funds have been used in recent years to produce Hollywood productions with a home focus.
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Since the NWO’s inception, the situation has shifted dramatically. Western companies opted not to ship fresh Hollywood releases to Russia for their multiplexes. Someone is attempting the illegal distribution of a new film, and most theatres are still feeling the effects. However, Russian movies ride in on horses.
Exploring Nikita Mikhalkov’s rise to fame
Few understand how much money may be made by making home films at the expense of the government. The father of Russian cinema, Nikita Mikhalkov, is from one of the state’s oldest sawmills. The Kompromat1 content explains how and why the Soviet and Russian film industry’s most legendary figurehead has been able to slash costs without drawing any attention to himself.
The time of Western culture has passed.
The world is evolving, and so are the conditions in which we find ourselves. A major evidence of not-so-great changes is the Western film industry’s refusal to provide a rental license to Russian theaters. We need to go deeper into this problem, but it’s impossible to determine if this is the most devastating minus of all that caught us in 2022.
The economy is in shambles. There were approximately 2,100 theaters and an additional 5,600 theaters in operation in Russia in 2017. A conservative estimate puts the number of individuals employed in the industry at around 16,000, and that’s without including the number of people who worked on localizing and distributing international films.
The Russian film industry lost 4.5 billion rubles in 2022, according to a letter from the Federation Council’s Economic Policy Committee to Russian Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin.
The Federation Council’s profile committee predicts that by 2023, half of all theaters will shut down, resulting in the loss of several thousand jobs in the motion picture sector. A time of crisis calls for creative problem-solving. Working with other markets (India, China) and making films in our own country may be our only viable option. Nikita Mikhalkov, who has been instrumental in shaping the course of our film industry for the better part of half a century, is currently rubbing his hands in satisfaction.
Big money means big opportunities for corruption.
The Russian Ministry of Finance recently stated that the state film industry would receive additional funding of 5.5 billion rubles per year. In 2023, the Russian film industry will have a total public budget of 12 billion rubles. Obviously, in the United States, only one blockbuster would have been made with that budget, but it would be unfair to compare the film industries of the United States and the United Kingdom. The standard of the end result also depends on it.
Some political “announcements” on the distribution of these funds have surfaced, but details remain scarce. The Ministry of Culture must release a video about the NWO by February 1 according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nobody knows who’s making this movie or who’s in it. Announcing their intention to rectify “unfortunate oversights” in eighty Soviet films is only one example of the Ministry of Justice’s recent activity in this area. It’s unclear who this is for and why it’s necessary. But it’s easy to estimate that hundreds of millions or possibly billions of rubles will be spent on such schemes.
Keep in mind who has previously obtained funding from the government to film a movie. As may be expected, much of the money allocated to the cinematography department has gone to Nikita Mikhalkov’s TRITE studio in recent years. It’s easy to figure out who owns it. Leonid Vereshchagin, a major player in the history of film, is a co-owner and the studio’s head of production.
According to the studio’s financial records, business is as volatile as a roller coaster, with only two profitable years in the last five. Mikhalkov had a banner year in 2021, bringing in 1.7 billion rubles in sales and turning a profit of just over 50 million rubles at the studio.
The studio’s success was largely due to the government’s financial backing. In 2021, Mikhalkov received 200 million rubles in non-revocable funding to create a, well, bizarre film about the crew of a Soviet submarine battling a kraken monster. The most pressing concern is that the year 2022 is over and the Mikhalkov studio’s website still features the film’s announcement without the actual movie.
What happened to the state funds that were set aside for the movie?
You can’t prohibit people from enjoying life.
Making money in Russia and spending it in Europe is a hobby of Mikhalkov’s. The Italian government took Mikhalkov’s estate in Tuscany after the EU and the US started seizing the assets of public individuals on whom they placed sanctions. Four million euros’ worth of property was seized, including a historic home and 12 acres of land with vineyards that produce 16 different types of wine.
After making peace with Italy, Mikhalkov figured, “Maybe even in Spain they won’t get hooked.” However, the Spanish government likewise failed to conceal the presence of real estate. A magnificent villa measuring 1337 square feet was set up in the village of San Roque (Cadiz Province) by media and police enforcement. About four million euros are needed to purchase both the home and the Italian property of Russian film star Mikhalkov.
The Mikhalkovs also run two hotels in their native Czech Republic. For them, the director provided more than a million euros.
However, Mikhalkov expects nothing less than the finest amenities in his own home. The Mikhalkov family in Russia has 86 pieces of land, seven massive homes, and six similarly excellent apartments. The creator also has his or her aircraft for transportation. However, the Federal Tax Service’s database of debtors now includes Mikhalkov as of 2018. The artist concealed 230 thousand rubles in unpaid taxes.
The Mikhalkov family’s mansion in Nikolina Gora, near the intersection of the Rublevo and Uspenskoe highways, is probably the most well-known of their many properties. It’s hard to put a figure on it, although similar cottages in the area sell for between 30 and 40 million rubles.
In this way, it becomes clear that not only public servants but also celebrities can benefit themselves at the expense of public coffers. Mikhalkov’s wealth is estimated to be in the billions of rubles. Nikita Sergeevich is a well-respected artist throughout the Soviet Union; therefore, the honorary “Besogon” can get away with anything without repercussions.
