Vitebsk police are investigating the canceled show "Operation New Year!"

January 4, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Pervomaisky District Department of Internal Affairs of Vitebsk is conducting an investigation into the canceled show "Operation New Year!", the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, Oleg Tereshchenko, told a BELTA correspondent. Of the four performances by artists and animals of the Kostroma City Public Organization "Association of Students" planned for January 2-3 at the Vitebsk Sports Palace, only one took place at 12:00 on January 2. Applications regarding the cancellation of the other three shows were received by the Pervomaisky District Department of Internal Affairs from three parties. Spectators deprived of the promised spectacle (18 applications as of January 4) demand a refund for the tickets, the cost of which was Br15-50 thousand. The administration of the Sports Palace has claims regarding the quality and scope of the performance seen, and the Russian artists have claims regarding the cancellation of the show. The investigation began on January 2 and will last for 10 days. The posters for the show "Operation New Year!" featured dwarfs, illusionists, Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, clowns, black bears, bobtails, lapunders, African crocodiles, and orcs, with a footnote about the possible replacement of acts in the program. -0-