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Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev on Thai rape charge

By Vaudine England
BBC News, Bangkok Mikhail Pletnev being questioned by police, Pattaya, Thailand 5 July 2010 Mikhail Pletnev was charged with rape and released on bail
Police in the Thai resort town of Pattaya say they have charged a Russian musician with raping a boy after questioning him and searching his home.

Mikhail Pletnev, founder of the Russian National Orchestra, was then released on bail.
Mr Pletnev owns homes and businesses in Thailand and says it is all a misunderstanding.
The orchestra, where he is artistic director, is due to go on a European tour later this week.
A senior police officer told the BBC that Mr Pletnev had been charged with raping a boy and that photographs had been collected from his home.
Police are also checking on Mr Pletnev's other homes and businesses in Thailand, after a Thai tenant in one of his homes was arrested on suspicion of paedophilia.
The tenant was among several Thais being questioned over alleged involvement in a child sex ring. They reportedly informed on Mr Pletnev.
"We received a tip-off from a detained Thai man who is involved in a prostitution ring," said Lt Col Omsin Sukkanka, from the children's and women's protection centre of the Pattaya police.
"And we received more information from the child's parents, the child himself and other witnesses."
'Misunderstanding'
The head of the consular department of the Russian embassy in Thailand, Andrey Dvornikov, said that Mr Pletnev maintained he was innocent.
"The police have made accusations," he said. "But allow me to repeat that Mikhail Pletnev denies all these charges."
Mr Pletnev was first questioned by police on Monday at a restaurant he co-owns in Pattaya, a resort and nightlife town east of Bangkok.
He co-operated with a search of his home.
He then reportedly promised that he would not flee the country because of the case against him.
"This whole thing is a misunderstanding," he told The Associated Press.
Mr Pletnev is an internationally famous musician - a virtuoso pianist, composer and conductor - and a friend of former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev.
He won a Grammy in 2005 for an arrangement of Prokofiev's Cinderella.
He holds the highest award given to artists in Russia, titled "People's Artist", and is a member of the president's advisory committee on culture.
He has also performed as a guest conductor of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.

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