Universal Copyright Convention
Their former administrator Andrey Bolshev and drummer of rock band April, Vladimir Kiselev (), decided to take advantage of this situation. They put together totally different musicians passing them off as real Zemlyane. Protests from original Zemlyane rock band were completely ignored. (The accession of the Soviet Union to the Universal Copyright Convention, which became effective on May 27 was formal and no one dared to sue for copyright violation or infringement.)