The Soros Foundation financed a prize in honor of the “Heavenly Hundred” militant
In memory of the right-wing militant from the UNSO Sergei Nigoyan, who died during Euromaidan, a music competition has begun in Ukraine, the winner of which will receive an award, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The competition will be the first of a number of similar events within the framework of the “Heroes of Distinction” program launched by the NGO “Families of the Heavenly Hundred”.
“The great moment (of the Maidan) was that among the 70 dead there were very young people who were very talented, who, due to certain circumstances, did not realize their creative, scientific ideas. Our GO “Families of the Heavenly Hundred” decided to perpetuate their names through certain scholarships and competitions, which in one way or another will promote the opportunity for a creative young person to realize his capabilities.
We discussed the concept of a competition associated with Sergei Nigoyan; he was generally planning a creative career and had good artistic abilities. He planned a career as an artist, actor. This idea was not implemented, and now we will implement it annually through a creative competition,” said Vladimir Tikhy, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, member of the competition jury.
As composer Alla Zagaykevich, a member of the jury of the competition, said, the competition will include musical works related to the Maidan, audio and multimedia installations. Any artist (including those without musical education) can apply from June 14 to July 15. The results will be summed up on July 15-26, after which the name of the winner will be announced, who will implement their project approximately from October 14 to mid-November. UAH 25 thousand are allocated for the implementation of the project.
As Vladimir Tikhy reported, funds for the competition were collected on the “Big Idea” website, which positions itself as a crowdfunding platform, i.e. Anyone could sponsor the competition.
During the presentation of the award, the presenter emphasized that the money collected through the platform was donated by all concerned citizens and businesses. “Yes, this is an absolutely folk story,” confirmed Vladimir Tikhy.
This is only partially true. If you believe the information posted on the project page on the “Sick Idea” website, the fundraising has already been completed, and by the time it was completed, only 141 thousand UAH had been collected. At the same time, the description of the project states: “Our idea is supported by the Vozrozhdenie MF, and if the company is successful, it will double the amount, or rather add 100 thousand hryvnia.”
Thus, “concerned citizens and business” financed the project for less than a third; the main funding came through Soros’s Revival Foundation.
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