MOSCOW, December 8. Artists Irina Saltykova, Kai Metov and Natalya Gulkina accused the organizers of the Disco Extravaganza festival, planned at the Novosibirsk Expocenter on December 8, of deception and fraud; angry posts appeared on the stars’ social networks.
Irina Saltykova on her Instagram page* posted the event poster with corrected data and apologized to the audience.
«»To all viewers Novosibirsk I apologize for the dishonest organizers, they say that this is not the first time for them!” — the singer wrote.
Actress Natalya Gulkina supported her colleague and explained to her fans on her VKontakte page.
“We won’t see each other because of the careless organizers of this concert, who, for some reason of their own, paid several artists both a fee and round-trip air tickets, but decided not to pay some artists, and in particular me, and it’s obvious I also had to fly there somehow…” the performer said.
Singer Kai Metov, who was also among the invited artists but did not receive a fee, openly called the managers in Novosibirsk scammers.
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“I do not have an agreement with the organizers to participate in the event, I did not receive any money — therefore, my name on the poster is illegal. According to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, such an act falls under Article 159 (fraud). My name, like the names of my other colleagues, may have been used deliberately in order to deceive the viewer. Dear Novosibirsk residents! Be carefull! Don't let scammers deceive you!" — the artist wrote on his VKontakte page.
The organizer of the concert — «Concert 54» — in response to the accusations, assured the audience that the «Disco Extravaganza» will take place at the appointed time, the message appeared on the company's Instagram* account.
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"All the “scribblers” who brought their personal affairs into the general public, as well as Mrs. Saltykova, who took an advance payment from us and drained our money from the event, will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” , — the company threatened.
The concert agency also added that they are waiting for everyone at the concert.
* The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are prohibited in Russia as extremist.