AST Publishing House has suspended payments to writer Ulitskaya. Her books are being removed from libraries

The AST publishing house has suspended payments to the writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya under all contracts, the TASS agency reports . This happened after pranksters Lexus and Vovan published a conversation in which she said that she transfers royalties from her books sold in Russia to Ukraine.

“In connection with the author’s statement about the transfer of royalties to Ukraine, the AST publishing house decided to suspend any payments under all contracts with Ulitskaya until the situation is clarified and possible official clarifications from the author regarding the recipients of royalties from books sold,” the agency quotes a press statement. AST services.

Also, as reports the Agency , Ulitskaya’s books began to disappear from the lending of Moscow libraries. As an anonymous employee of one of the Moscow libraries told reporters, books are written off and presented as spoiled, so libraries cannot distribute them to people. Unregistered books are sent to waste paper, he says.
On January 31, the Mendeleev Russian Chemical Technology University announced that Ulitskaya was deprived of the title of honorary professor from August 30, 2023.

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