In an official statement released by the Center photos, said he had no complaints about the "Officers of Russia" and its subsidiaries in connection with their involvement in the scandal around the exhibition Jock Sturges.
"Moreover, they arrested a bully who poured urine work, and handed him over to the police, as a result, he was arrested for 7 days. If they do not, then it would be even poured urine polvystavki and correspondents with cameras. They were not allowed into the territory of the Center mochenostsev others who thronged the street and waited in the wings, "- the document says.
The Center of Photography also believe that it is posts containing false information "resulted in a radical agitation, threats of various activists and angry reaction defrauded publication Learn officials and public figures," and as a consequence of the closure of the exhibition.
The head of the Commission on Security Russian Public Chamber, Anton Tsvetkov, who began testing the exhibition photographer Jock Sturges "Without confusion" in the Center of Photography Lumiere brothers, confirmed that the pictures in the center of the "exposure meet the requirements of the Russian legislation, may be shown with limited voting age 18+ that in this exhibition, and it was done. "
Previously, its position relative to the event stated the special representative of Russian President for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi. The report Tass, he said: "The scandal around the exhibition at the Center Lumiere brothers, from my point of view, has gone beyond the legal field. There can no organization on their own close or open art projects. Such actions can only be carried out within the framework of compliance with legal procedures. Outdoor democracy - a dangerous thing for society, for the state. And its methods are all the more prohibitive when it comes to such a delicate matter, as a culture. "
Recall that the decision to close the exhibition Jock Sturges was taken over by the Centre photos behalf of the Lumiere brothers on Sunday 25 September, after the assistant deputy municipal district "Zamoskvorechye" Alexander Petrun'ko poured urine photos. According to the Center of Photography, the exhibition has been closed to protect against aggression of bullies.