Anastasia Yurgenson spoke about the court's decision in the case of the Muzyka publishing house

Anastasia Yurgenson, the wife and business partner of Mark Zilberquit, the head of the Muzyka publishing house, told Izvestia on September 18 that she had been deprived of something she had never really had.

"Today, out of the blue, I am being stripped of my share in some commercial Yurgenson publishing house, which I have never had anything to do with. I wasn't even allowed to attend any events there from time to time," the woman said.

She noted that the publishing house bore the name of their famous family in the world of musicians, but its members did not receive any financial compensation from its CEO. According to Anastasia, the publishing house was founded by her great-great-grandfather, Peter Ivanovich Yurgenson. And he bequeathed to continue his work to his children, to continue in the same spirit of an educational nature.

"He supported Russian composers, he believed in them. He believed in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky when no one else believed in him. He has already published and supported it. We were lucky when there was a renaissance in our country, in 1998, to be and even live in our family home on Khokhlovsky Lane, where the famous printing house was located, from where all the Russian classics came out," said the publisher's great—granddaughter.

Her father, Boris Petrovich Yurgenson, the publisher's great-grandson, continued to hold festivals for young composers. He has conducted eight international competitions with the final in the Rachmaninoff Hall.

"All this was mainly done on their own salaries, because grants from the state for holding festivals of young musicians were purely symbolic — 200 thousand rubles. 12-15 events were held, with recordings, with discs, with the printing of notes by Russian composers. This was done so that young talents would be revealed," she added.

She clarified that their family had no idea how Mark Silberquit conducted the business of his publishing houses.

"Our family has never been in there and has not conducted any business. Today, I was just accused without guilt and given a huge insult. As one musician and composer told me, Jurgenson's name is sacred and it can never be tarnished or stained. And throwing beads is a thankless task, as you know. Today I was deprived of something that I never had. They stripped me of all my Silverquit," Jurgenson said.

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Earlier that day, the court, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, handed over the Muzyka publishing house to the Russian Federation with an archive of music publications, arresting the assets of Mark Zilberquit, head of the Muzyka publishing house, for violating anti-corruption legislation.

On August 29, the Prosecutor's office demanded the return of assets to the state, the seizure of all property and funds, and the prohibition of any actions to alienate assets. In addition, Silberquits and Jurgenson may be banned from leaving the country. The lawsuit was considered as part of a large-scale anti-corruption struggle by the Prosecutor General's Office, which is under the personal control of Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov.

The court banned Silberquit from leaving Russia, and also seized his property on September 2. In addition, a similar ban was imposed on the relatives of the owner of the Muzyka publishing house, as they are the defendants in the lawsuit.

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