National media group was offered participation in the management of the RAO – RBC

President of the authors ‘ Council of RAO Igor Matvienko

Photo: Anna Isakova/press service of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS

the Russian author’s society wants to go under the control of National media group. Previously, his leadership has stated the need to involve the government to the activities of the RAO because of the constant “warfare and crime.”

the Russian authors ‘ society (RAO) offered by National media group (NMG) to enter the management of the organization, said RBC official representative of NMG Julia EMM. “Yes, we confirm the fact of application to us,” she said, refraining from further comment.

According to the source RBC familiar with the essence of the proposals RAO, is assumed to participate in the management of there are several holdings. Previously, the newspaper “Vedomosti” with reference to friend Igor Matvienko, who is President of the authors ‘ Council of RAO, said that the society is negotiating with NMG, VGTRK and “the First channel”. The press service of RAO RBC confirmed the fact of negotiations with these media houses. Representatives VGTRK and channel one, told RBC that “do not have information about possible negotiations with RAO”.

the press service of RAO noted that the involvement of large media conglomerates will allow the organization to avoid situations where a group of individuals initiated her split, “introducing confusion among payers of royalties”. In mid-August a number of members RAO to create an alternative Russian authors ‘ Union (ROAs).

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says the Source of RBC, with media companies the authors want to structure the relationship with the founders and owners, as well as make more transparent the financial activity of the companies. Additionally, the media can represent the interests of radioactive waste at large industrial sites, for example in Media and communications Union, which RAO currently not involved.

Igor Matviyenko said earlier that the Council had drafted a letter to President Vladimir Putin asking him to introduce a “public component” to the organization, namely, to make “Manager” of the organization of a large media company, reported RNS.

According to Matvienko, thus RAO asks the head of state aid, as the organization “couldn’t cope” because of the constant “warfare and crime” that accompany its activity. 28 Jun CEO of RAO Sergey Fedotov was arrested on charges of fraud in especially large size. According to investigators, he participated in the scheme, which could cause the raw damage of more than 500 million rubles.

Matviyenko stressed that the current proposal RAO different from those that previously did economic development. According to the initiative of the Ministry, functions of societies for the collective management of copyright must be transferred to public-law companies with state control.

the Russian authors ‘ society was established in 1993 to protect the interests of domestic and foreign rights holders: composers, writers, playwrights, and others. According to information on the organization’s website, from 2004 to 2015, the volume of royalty fees increased almost five times, from 929 million to 4.6 billion rubles. However, the society has been at the center of scandals caused by the dissatisfaction of the owners, who did not understand the distribution of the funds received.