Accounts of the Russian Authors' Society are arrested - we are talking about billions of dollars of theft

A member of the author’s board of the Russian Authors ’Society, Igor Matvienko, said that RAO is not functioning, and the organization’s accounts are blocked.

Authors' council members are called to give evidence to the relevant authorities, and the case is being prepared for transfer to the prosecutor's office. From the size of the theft of Matvienko "hair stood on end when he looked at the documents."

Yesterday at Megamind, a note was published that the Ministry of Communications plans to create a competitive market for copyright management and prohibit top managers of authors' societies from holding senior positions to several organizations of this type at once. Now the very existence of one of the four societies that have been accredited by the Ministry of Culture for collective management of copyright is under threat.

Igor Matvienko, producer and composer, member of the Authors Council of the Russian Authors ’Society, reported at a meeting of the Council for Culture under the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation about the complete blocking of the organization’s work . Society members testify. According to Matvienko, we are talking about the amount of about one billion rubles. Authors may not receive their money, because the accounts of RAO are arrested.
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The press service of the Russian Authors ’Society published an official refutation of this information.

"Megamind" monitors the situation.