At the end of August, a number of media outlets published a report saying that fairs of honey and other beekeeping products, which had become traditional since 2004, are being canceled in Moscow. These fairs were not spontaneous, their work was regulated by a number of regulatory acts adopted by the government of the capital, which at that time was headed by Yuri Luzhkov, who is interested in beekeeping.
According to newspapers, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, signed a decree repealing many decisions of the former Moscow government regarding the holding of annual All-Russian honey fairs. The main document, the decree of the capital’s government of February 13, 2004, regulating the preparation and holding of annual All-Russian fairs of honey and bee products, has ceased to be in force, and with it five more legal acts relating to these issues. Including the order of July 16, 2001 "On holding the city Honey Fair in the territory of the State Museum-Reserve" Kolomenskoye ".
Naturally, for many residents of the capital, such actions raised questions and were perceived as the demarche of the new government against those orders that were established under the disgraced mayor. Otherwise, what could explain the deprivation of Muscovites of the opportunity to purchase inexpensive and high-quality honey from manufacturers, which was brought to the capital by beekeepers from all over Russia?
However, as it turned out, in fact, it is not planned to cancel the annual honey fairs at all. Only obsolete, no longer relevant normative acts were canceled, but the event itself is still planned to be held regularly. Prior to this, the fairground had three points - in Kolomenskoye, Tsaritsyno and in the Manezh exhibition hall. Starting this year, the fair will be held only on the territory of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve.
The reason for the transfer of the fair from the Manege, conveniently located in the city center, metropolitan officials called a new concept, which does not provide for fair events. Tsaritsyn’s site was uncomfortable due to closely located transport interchanges.
The head of the department of trade and services of the city of Moscow, Alexei Nemeryuk, told reporters that the fair is currently working in Kolomenskoye and will only finish its work on September 23. It will resume its work annually.
