On Friday, April 7, Diana Arbenina, leader of the rock band “Night Snipers” published Lyrics of the song “Port” on social networks:
“Do not be afraid – there is a star above us,
Don’t be afraid – never again
Don’t ask why you came here
Don’t be afraid and stay on the ground
We will get through everything together.”
In early April, group concerts It is cancelled In Kazan, Cheboksary, Pyatigorsk, Ulyanovsk, Krasnodar and Tolyatti. The last concert of his tour is scheduled for July 8, 2023 in Moscow.
Vitaly Borodin, a well-known figure formerly known for complaining artists and the media to law enforcement, discussed To the Prosecutor General’s Office with the request that Arbenina be checked under the discrediting clause of the Russian army. According to her, the singer “repeatedly criticized the decisions and policies adopted by state bodies and the President of the Russian Federation. special military operationIt was carried out by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine.
Recall that a year ago – in April 2022 – Arbenina released the song “Don’t Be Silent” with the words:
“You are going to someone else’s war;
And nobody asked us.”
Then he admitted that he had no idea where he could go from Russia.
“This is my country, this is my people, this is my home. And before that, I am definitely not the first to dope, ”said the artist.
“Forbidden” artists in Russia
As learned on Friday, the Moscow prosecutor’s office checks Regarding the singer Valery Meladze for funding the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The author of the appeal to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation was Borodin, who also held the post of head of the public organization “Federal Security and Anti-Corruption Project”.
In July last year, the media reported that a list of “banned” artists was published in Russia. Allegedly, DDT included “Time Machine”, “Aquarium” and a host of other bands and artists.
In August, DDT leader Yuri Shevchuk was found guilty in an administrative case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces. After the concert held in Ufa on May 18, a protocol was drawn up about the artist within the scope of Part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. As a result, he was fined 50 thousand rubles.
Sovetsky Court of Ufa, the soloist of the rock band was fined because “he asked public questions that could cause fans to question the targets.” Special operations in Ukraine“.
The musician admitted in an interview with himself. “socialbites.ca”this did not follow the progress of the cases. “I don’t know, I don’t care about them right now. I write songs Goodness and Peace! said Shevchuk.
Expected to take place in 2023, Moscow, St. DDT demonstrations in St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk and Orenburg were postponed indefinitely.
Shevchuk, St. He noted that the concert in St. Petersburg was transferred to 2024. dead it’s not the group’s fault