City Court Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast cancelled the registration of a candidate for deputy - Denis MalovThe lawsuit against the independent candidate was filed by his rival, a candidate from the United Russia party. Elena PashchenkoThe reason for the removal was that Malov quoted a poem in his campaign video. Boris Pasternak without the author's consent.
According to Russian law, the exclusive right to a work lasts for the author's entire life and 70 years after their death, counting from January 1 of the year following the author's death. This period has not expired.- says In a court statement, the court concluded that Denis Malov had violated intellectual property laws and upheld Elena Pashchenko's claim. The court did not specify which specific Pasternak poem was in question. On Denis Malov's VKontakte page published A short video featuring a quote from Boris Pasternak's poem "It's Ugly to Be Famous." The video is dedicated to the poet's museum, which Malov visited. Malov himself has not yet commented on his withdrawal from the election.
In January 2025, a candidate for deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Preobrazhenskoye Municipal District of Moscow was also removed from the elections Anton Timchenko from the A Just Russia party for using a quote from the Chairman of the Constitutional Court in campaign materials Valeria Zorkina and a fragment of the group's song "Nautilus Pompilius" Without attribution or author consent. Boris Pasternak's most popular lines on social media are: "I want to get to the very core of everything," "The candle burned on the table, the candle burned...," "February. Get out the ink and cry!" — they are quoted everywhere.
In the photo: Denis Malov, photo from his social media