I stopped all payments
Russian publishing house AST announced the suspension of payments under all contracts concluded with the writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya after she admitted in a conversation with Russian jokers that she sent money for the needs of Ukraine. reported to the TASS agency in the press service of the publishing house.
“In connection with the author’s statement on the transfer of copyrights to Ukraine, the AST publishing house has decided to suspend all payments under all contracts with Ulitskaya,” the message says.
As AST explains, payments are frozen until the author makes an official statement about those who receive royalties from books sold by the author.
On the morning of February 1, the Agency’s publication (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) reported that Ulitskaya’s books had disappeared from the card index of the electronic system of the Moscow Library. The publication claims that at 8:00 there was an opportunity to book the author’s books in the capital’s libraries, but at 9:30 it was not possible to do this – Ulitskaya’s novels were not found in the search results. Collections containing only the author’s works existed.
According to Mash, Ulitskaya’s books in digital and print formats have indeed been partially removed from Moscow libraries. The Telegram channel also reported that the Read-Gorod and Respublika book chains are ready to suspend the sale of the author’s books.
The other day, the head of the State Duma Committee on Culture, Elena Yampolskaya, said that Ulitskaya was stripped of the title of honorary professor at the Russian Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology (RHTU) on August 30, 2023. The MP said such information was included in his response to the university’s request. From the document it becomes clear that the academic council of the university unanimously decided to deprive him of his title.
Landscapes of Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Since 2014, Lyudmila Ulitskaya has openly expressed her opposition to the annexation of Crimea to Russia. In particular, she organized the “Congress of Intellectuals against the annexation of Crimea” in Moscow. After February 24, 2022, she condemned the SVO and started living in Germany. Despite its location, denied Participation in the financing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On January 31, pranksters Vovan and Lexus published a video in which one of them spoke to the author under the guise of the head of the office of Ukrainian President Andrey Ermak. In the conversation, he admitted that he transferred the money he earned from book sales to the needs of Ukraine.
“My wages go to Ukraine. A Ukrainian flag hangs in the hallway, the first thing I turn on in the morning is Ukrainian news. I personally like Zelensky, he is a person of a different profession, we will see how he will cope: there is a lot of corruption in the country,” said Ulitskaya.
During the conversation, the author also assessed that the conflict with Russia is fateful for Ukraine, as it will allow the country to “find its place in the European society” and become an independent state.
Lyudmila Ulitskaya is the first woman to win the Russian Booker Prize (2001); His books have been translated into 33 languages. He is known for his novels “The Kukotsky Case”, “Jacob’s Ladder”, “The Green Tent”, “Daniel Stein, Translator”, “Sincerely, Shurik”, “Medea and Her Children”. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature many times.