The ministry emphasized that some of the employees transferred to the remote mode of work had to return to their jobs in connection with the abolition of the remote mode.

“Being the founder, the Ministry of Culture of Russia on an ongoing basis conducts activities in subordinate cultural institutions to control the implementation of labor discipline,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the Ministry of Culture.

The department added that inspections are taking place in all cultural institutions.

In October, the head of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Olga Lyubimova, presented state awards to a number of cultural figures.