Artists from Vladikavkaz have turned to Bastrykin due to problems with the workshops.

For 13 years, lawsuits have been ongoing over the workshops in Vladikavkaz, with artists trying to prove that the premises were illegally privatized. They have asked the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, to intervene in the situation.

Artists from North Ossetia have appealed to the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, asking him to protect them from eviction from the workshops at 34 Kirova Street in Vladikavkaz. The appeal was signed by representatives of the Union of Artists of Russia, including people's and honored artists of Russia and Ossetia, academicians, and laureates of state awards, who have been working in these premises for decades, reports the Telegram channel "Ossetia (-ae)".

According to the authors of the appeal, the workshops were specifically built for artists in 1989 and were transferred to the Union for indefinite gratuitous use.

"In 2013, we learned that the premises were illegally privatized based on forged documents from the archive. A criminal case was initiated. Since that year, we have been fighting in the courts for the right to occupy these premises. The guilty parties have not been punished. All city courts have ruled in our favor. However, the opposing side appealed to the Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk, and the decision to recognize the transactions as invalid and return the premises to municipal ownership was overturned," the authors of the appeal stated.

They noted that the session of the Cassation Court took place without their representative, and the lawyer, the administration's legal advisor, and the board of the Union of Artists were not notified. They are asking Bastrykin to intervene in the situation, as in the event of eviction, the Union of Artists has nothing to offer the masters in return.

In the video attached to the publication, a woman reads the appeal, and about 10 people are present in the recording.