Igor Matvienko: Russian Authors’ Society Accounts blocked on the case of embezzlement of billions of dollars – Vedomosti

Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) is not functioning, its accounts frozen, the audit findings on the facts of theft can be transferred to the prosecutor’s office, said a member of the Board of RAO author, producer and composer Igor Matvienko. According to RAPS, he said this at a meeting of the Council on Culture of the State Duma speaker. Earlier media reported that RAO employees Main Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Ministry of Internal Affairs (GUEBiPK) shall verify theft.

«Now the work of RAO completely blocked, waste does not work – all in a situation of civil wars – said Matvienko. – All members of the Board of copyright in which I was a member, call the appropriate authorities to give evidence, and the case is now transferred to the prosecutor’s office. ” When a composer looking documents, “his hair stood on end.”

«I even could not imagine that such sums can be displayed, there it is a sum of about 1 billion rubles. The situation is critical, the authors now generally do not get money because the account of RAO arrested, “- he said and invited the Council to create a” working group, in particular for the fair distribution of royalties. ”

However, the representative of RAO has not confirmed the information about the case against the company and to transfer it to the prosecutor’s office, stating that he did not know about it. He said that the accounts of RAO “work and there was no such that did not work.” “Copyright royalties collected, distributed and paid as usual, there was no stopping”, – he stressed.

Ministry of Culture stated that “any requests from law enforcement agencies to join in the persons carrying out checks RAO, the Office has been received.” “Ministry of Culture of Russia carries out state control over the activities of RW as an accredited organization in certain areas, specified in the Civil Code of Russia and subject to the provisions of the Federal Law” On protection of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the exercise of state control (supervision) and municipal control. “According to him , conduct unscheduled inspections of accredited organizations are not provided, and the plan can be carried out once every three years “, – said the agency.

This summer it became known that General Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Ministry of Internal Affairs examines the activities of four subsidiaries of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) – JSC “Service-operating company” (CEA), ZAO “Management Company” Media-M “, CJSC” Media Management “and CJSC” Management Company “Musical Olympus”. According to the MOI, in 2012-2014. RAO transferred to the balance sheet of these companies property worth 557 million rubles., After which three of the four companies were liquidated.

In early November, the representative of the Interior Ministry told “Vedomosti” that the criminal proceedings in the circumstances of asset stripping by subsidiaries of RAO not excited. Today, to get comments from the Ministry of Interior failed.