> moscow authorities closed the gulag museum under pressure from comrades from the kremlin and people in uniform > high-ranking officials in the kremlin and special services are behind the suspension of the work of the gulag history museum, and the decision itself is in fact not of a technical, but of a political nature, informed capital officials told the moscow times. > this year we have already sent inspection commissions to the museum several times. we never found any fire safety violations there, said a moscow government official. > according to another metropolitan official, the future fate of the museum, which in 2021 was recognized by the european museum community as the best museum in europe, has not yet been determined. > both officials, who agreed to speak only on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the topic, acknowledged that the moscow government was forced to make the decision to close after strong recommendations from senior comrades from the kremlin and people in uniform.
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