Senator Elena Afanasyeva said that the Prosecutor General of Russia should find out who and why wrote a statement about checking the work of the singer Shaman (Yaroslav Dronov) for signs of inciting ethnic hatred in the text of the song “I am Russian”. .” It has been reported TASS.
Afanasyeva noted that the statement about the perpetrator was a manifestation of Russian hostility and a violation of the nation that formed the state.
“I request the Attorney General’s Office to approach the issue seriously and to examine where the statement about this artist came from, by whom and for what reasons it was written, based on this example. “This is the most natural provocation of Russian hostility within the Russian Federation,” he said.
Emphasizing that the artist sang patriotic songs, the senator said, “There is a real escape for a few days in a row.” According to Afanasyeva, internal enemies are trying to accuse Dronov of inciting ethnic hatred and extremism just because he sang the song “I’m Russian”.
“In this accusation, I support the incitement of hatred against the Russians, the desire to intimidate the Russians according to their nationality, the desire to prohibit them from talking about their traditions and history, the anti-Russian hostility that is currently developing in the West, and they are trying to establish it in Russia. . These are just radicals working in our country, ”explained the senator.
Also, Afanasyeva told the artist that when she tried to stand up, she was “hit by Telegram channels and bloggers” and that, according to her, they will soon “get paid for coming to power and thereby undermining her.” credibility of the strength of the ordinary population.
Formerly Shaman right after accusations of extremism. According to him, the song passed all the checks before it was broadcast on Russia’s leading music platforms and aired on Russia’s leading federal TV channels.