
The capital's courts recognized as unreliable the documents on the basis of which producer Andrei Razin claimed rights to the songs of the group "Tender May", trademarks and the image of Yuri Shatunov, the lawyer of the singer's widow Asel Mukhtarova-Kazarnovskaya told TASS.
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Producer Andrei Razin previously claimed rights to the songs of the group “Tender May”, trademarks and the image of Yuri Shatunov on the basis of certain documents.
The capital's courts declared unreliable the documents on the basis of which producer Andrei Razin claimed rights to the songs of the group "Tender May", its trademarks and the image of Yuri Shatunov. The lawyer of the singer’s widow, Asel Mukhtarova-Kazarnovskaya, told TASS reporters about this.
“The capital’s courts sided with us and recognized the fact that all the documents used by Razin in court are unreliable,” the interlocutor explained. According to her, the decision concerns the agreement on exclusive rights, which was concluded between Shatunov and Razin.
The defense representative also stated that the documents relating to the artist’s personal data, his images and the right to use his image were unreliable.

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The court in Shcherbinka invalidated the agreement dated September 14, 2013 between Yuri Shatunov and Andrei Razin on the transfer of rights to works, name, image and personal data. After Shatunov's death in 2022, the rights to the musical group 'Tender May' passed to his widow Svetlana Shatunova, who challenged the agreement in court. The lawyer stated that Razin used a fake document, adding additional pages with non-existent rights to the real agreement.

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