On 10 May 2013, Vitas was arrested after hitting a cyclist with his car near the VVC Exhibition Centre in Moscow. The cyclist was uninjured and proceeded to film the scene with police afterward, which depicted an unkempt and possibly intoxicated Vitas being held by authorities. Concerts planned in China that year were cancelled. The accident was widely covered by Russia-1 and Channel One Russia, two of many other TV channels who broadcast Vitas' driving license with his personal data, which had been presented to journalists by a police officer.