The Vakhtangov Theater explained the lack of a system of personalized tickets for performances

It takes a lot of time to check personalized theater tickets using a passport, but for the most popular performances of the Vakhtangov Theater, which are performed on small stages, personalized tickets are still introduced to protect against fraud when selling tickets. Kirill Krok, the director of the theater, told Izvestia about this on November 29.

"Unfortunately, we cannot introduce personalized tickets, including for performances that take place on the historical stage, because we have only three entrances to the auditorium. As you know, all the audience comes 10-15 minutes before the start of the performance. And if we actually, and not formally, check the tickets, compare them with the passport data, we just won't start any performance, not at 7:20, we won't even start at 20:20," he explained.

According to Kroc, currently the country has not fully regulated the legislative system to curb the activities of fraudsters when buying tickets online and on the "black market". He also gave an example that a ticket can cost 8 thousand rubles on the theater's website, while attackers can sell it for 30 thousand rubles on unofficial resources.

Kroc added that citizens may not be able to distinguish the so-called "twin sites" or "mirror sites" that pose as the official source of the theater the first time. There are also false tickets with an incorrect barcode or using photoshop.

"We need to do this by pre-trial blocking of websites and accounts. I see that my Vakhtangov Theater tickets are being sold by some resource unknown to me. I wrote a statement to Roskomnadzor — the site has been blocked for 30 days. I see that another website has appeared, and it has been blocked. Believe me, this measure will be very effective, and it will work," the director suggested.

Kroc clarified that to combat fraud, the theater sells tickets to the most popular performances in limited quantities — up to two pieces per hand.

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