It became known about the debts on loans of the director of the Moscow Art Theater Kekhman for almost 18 billion rubles.

The loan arrears of the General director of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater and the artistic director of the Mikhailovsky Theater, Vladimir Kekhman, total almost 18 billion rubles.

"Kekhman has outstanding loan payments. The total amount exceeds 17.8 billion rubles," TASS quoted a law enforcement source as saying on July 10.

It is reported that eight enforcement proceedings have been opened against Kekhman. Six of them relate to loan arrears. The other two relate to debts on the enforcement case.

Fatal scene: will the head of the Moscow Art Theater, Kekhman, become involved in the embezzlement case

Those guilty of embezzling funds for the reconstruction of the theater face up to ten years in prison.

On July 9, it was reported that Kekhman had been searched in the case of embezzlement and embezzlement during the reconstruction of the Moscow Art Theater stage. The CEO is a witness in the case, he came to the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia. Later it became known that investigative measures were being carried out at the cultural institution.