The Russian Authors’ Society dropped its claim against Kirkorov for 2 million rubles

The Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) dropped its claim against singer Philip Kirkorov. RAO wanted to recover 2 million rubles from him. for violation of the exclusive rights of authors of musical works. The lawsuit was filed on December 28, 2023. Yesterday, February 19, a motion to abandon the claim was registered, should from the file of arbitration cases. The court will consider the petition later today, February 20.

RAO claimed that Philip Kirkorov did not pay remuneration to the authors of the songs that he performed at the Kremlin Palace in April 2022. Among the mentioned authors were composer Alex Davia and singer Yegor Creed (song “The Color of the Mood is Black”), Dmitry Malikov and Liliya Vinogradova (“More, More”), Irina Dubtsova (“Illusion”, “Chemistry”), Oleg Gazmanov (“More, More”). My only one”), Raymond Pauls and Ilya Reznik (“Rejoice”).

Philip Kirkorov was one of the guests of the party organized on December 21 with an almost naked dress code at the Moscow club Mutabor. After the event, the singer began to be removed from television broadcasts and his concerts were cancelled. In January, the Tagansky Court of Moscow collected the artist owes a tax debt of 7.9 million rubles. February 13 Philip Kirkorov spoke in front of the wounded in a hospital in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Read about the party in Mutabor in the Kommersant article “Login using blacklists”.

Laura Keffer