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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Top Stories Most Popular Photos Full Coverage Sitemap Charity gala starring Putin 'raised no money': doctors AFP - Sunday, March 6 Send IM Story Print Charity gala starring Putin 'raised no money': doctors MOSCOW (AFP) - – A charity gala for sick children featuring Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin along with Hollywood stars Sharon Stone and Kevin Costner yielded no donations, doctors alleged. The televised event on December 10, also featuring actors Monica Bellucci and Ornella Muti, was held in Russia's northwestern city of Saint Petersburg. At one point Putin sat at a table next to Muti and Costner and proceeded to sing the Fats Waller classic "Blueberry Hill." He also picked out the tune of a Soviet pop song on a grand piano. News reports said the concert was held by a little-known organisation called the Federation Foundation to raise money for children with cancer and eye problems, and stars were shown visiting hospitals. But the mother of one of the children visited by Stone has stirred up a storm by alleging that the gala did not generate any money. "Three months have passed since the moment (of the concert). There is no money, no aid, and no foundation itself," Olga Kuznetsova, the mother of a 13-year-old girl, wrote in a letter to the Echo of Moscow radio station. She also appealed in a message on Twitter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The foundation said in a statement ahead of the concert that "money collected during the event would be donated to children's centres to purchase necessary diagnostic equipment, medical instruments and medications." Anatoly Rivkin, head doctor at the city's No. 31 Children's Hospital, which was visited by actors Stone, Mickey Rourke and Alain Delon, confirmed to AFP that no equipment or medication ever came from the foundation. "We received no money," he said, adding that stars that visited the hospital brought only fruit and toys. A spokesman for the head doctor at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital in Moscow, Nikolai Vaganov, told AFP it was also approached by the foundation but received no financial support. The foundation asked for 50 letters with children's requests for the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus and later held a brief pop concert and gave children gifts of rubber balls, the spokesman said. The allegations sparked questions about the legitimacy of the high-profile charity gala. "The money for sick children got lost in someone's pocket," Vesti FM radio station headlined its story. A spokeswoman for the Federation Foundation, Kristina Snickers, told the RIA Novosti news agency that the foundation held events to promote causes and encourage wealthy people to donate, but did not collect money itself. "We do not collect money for anything. We do not even have an account," she told the agency. "There are people who support our foundation and give money. They do not transfer any money to us, but simply help," she said. It remained unclear how the foundation, which a public registry showed was legally registered two weeks after the concert actually took place, managed to attract top international stars and Putin. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Gzt.Ru online newspaper that he could not comment. "We don't deal with charity, the foundation deals with it, so ask them," he said briefly. Recommend Send IM Story Print News Search Top Stories HSBC eyes moving HQ to Hong Kong: report Pressure rises as euro debt deadline looms British budget most 'pro-growth for a generation' Charity gala starring Putin 'raised no money': doctors African Union chief takes message to Gbagbo after killings More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed World's sixth mass extinction may be underway: study Charlie Sheen latest: 'I'm Jewish, off to Haiti' Kadhafi forces accused of 'massacre' as battles rage Kadhafi still boosted by millions of oil dollars: FT Charity gala starring Putin 'raised no money': doctors More Most Viewed » More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Entertainment Photos Yahoo! News Network Copyright © 2011 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

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