Musicians and producers ask Putin to preserve RMG

The sale of the "Russian media group" to the "state -owned" for "nurturing new patriotic artists" caused protests by the largest Russian musical producers and popular performers. According to Kommersant, they ask President Vladimir Putin to intervene in order to "prevent a dubious deal", after which most of the musical industry will not be able to cooperate with the holding.

At the disposal of the publication was a letter from representatives of the musical industry to Putin, in which they express a “deep concern” of the prospect of the sale of the Russian Media Group holding. Among the signed Joseph Kobzon, Stas Mikhailov, Grigory Leps, Igor Krutoy, Joseph Prigozhin, Philip Kirkorov, Yana Rudkovskaya, Zurab Tsereteli, Victor Frobysh, Maxim Fadeev, Dima Bilan, Alexander Pakhmutov, Stas Piekha, Timati, Anna Netrebsko, Nikolai Baskov and other artists and producers.

The authenticity of the letter was confirmed by two sources familiar with the situation, including one of the signatures. The president was handed over to the president a few days ago, one of them said.

Negotiations on the purchase of RMG have been conducting Vladimir Kiselev, founder of the Federation of the Earthlings group and the former head of the GUP Kremlin for several months for several months, who was organizing events and concerts on Red Square and other territories subordinate to the Kremlin.

On the eve of Vedomosti, they said that a musical “patriotic media holding” can be created in Russia. The project may appear on the basis of the assets of the Russian Media Group and several musical television channels registered with the Kremlin Media company.

At the disposal of the publication was a copy of the letter addressed to President Vladimir Putin, the authors of which - producer VIA Zemlyani and founder of the Federation of the Federation Fund Vladimir Kiselev and chairman of the Board of Directors of the RMG Olga Plaksina offer to create a patriotic holding. The publication notes that Putin’s visa is already on the letter: "Volodin. To consider."

According to the proposal, the project should provide a "creative and musical resource for the ideological tasks facing the country's leadership in working with the electorate." The letter notes that on the basis of television channels and RMG radio stations, a kind of incubator of domestic superstars should be created, "so that there are ideologically correctly tuned idols of millions at hand."

According to the authors of the letter, the main coordination center could be the FSUE Goskoncert, and the partners - the television channels "Muz.TT", Bridge TV, Rusong and Russian Travel Guide.