{"id":597393,"date":"2026-07-09T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/07\/597393\/as-of-september-1-there-is-no-money-for-salaries-topchiy-warned-about-the-situation-in-cultural-institutions\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:15:11","slug":"as-of-september-1-there-is-no-money-for-salaries-topchiy-warned-about-the-situation-in-cultural-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/597393\/as-of-september-1-there-is-no-money-for-salaries-topchiy-warned-about-the-situation-in-cultural-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"\"As of September 1, there is no money for salaries\": Topchiy warned about the situation in cultural institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The budget of Mykolaiv<\/strong> currently does not provide funds to pay the salaries of employees of the city\u2019s cultural institutions from September 1, 2026<\/strong>. This was stated<\/a> by the director of the Mykolaiv Zoo, Volodymyr Topchiy<\/strong>, on Thursday, July 9<\/strong>, 2026, during a meeting of the permanent city council commission on economic and investment policy, planning, budget, finance and socio-economic development.<\/p>\n

Topchiy<\/strong> urged the city authorities not to postpone resolving the issue and to determine now where the necessary funds can be allocated from.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat will we do from September 1 with the cultural institutions? There are literally zeros for salaries. Are we going to do something about this now, or later? Because from September 1 there is no money for salaries,\u201d the zoo director said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to him, the day before he had contacted the Department of Culture and Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Mykolaiv City Council, but they also could not explain how they plan to solve the problem.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow we already need to think about what we will do with the cultural institutions. There is simply no money for salaries,\u201d emphasized Volodymyr Topchiy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The head of the commission, Fedir Panchenko<\/strong>, asked whether the zoo director proposes inviting the head of the culture department, Yurii Lyubarov<\/strong>, to the discussion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo. I propose that this issue not be forgotten and not be left without attention,\u201d replied Topchiy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Panchenko noted that the raised issue is addressed primarily to the city council\u2019s finance department<\/strong>. At the same time, no specific sources to cover a possible shortfall were named during this part of the meeting.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe need to start thinking now about where to take the money from. I don\u2019t know, but the cultural institutions remain without funding,\u201d the zoo director summed up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thus, this is currently a public warning from the head of a municipal institution<\/strong>, not an official announcement about the cessation of payments. The final decision will depend on further amendments to the Mykolaiv<\/strong> budget and the allocation of additional funding.<\/p>\n

Earlier we wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n