“First in almost a year”
The interview of journalist Yuri Dud (known as a foreign media agent in the Russian Federation) with Russian singer Vika Tsyganova and her husband, producer Vadim Tsyganov, was published two days ago on the YouTube channel “vDud”. To date, the 3.5-hour conversation has been viewed by 3.8 million people.
On October 28, Tsyganova published a post on Telegram in which she claimed that “the neural network does everything.”
“PS Folks, don’t watch this! This was all done by a neural network, you will find out later,” the singer wrote. to postI’m attaching a video snippet of the conversation.
In the next broadcast Additional“that’s right” not her and her husband, but “neural network and deepfake technologies”.
At the beginning of the interview, Dud thanked the Tsyganovs for agreeing to talk to him, given the difference in political views.
“You are the first people to agree to talk to us in almost a year, and I am very grateful to you for that,” Dud said.
The name of the video: “Vika and Vadim Tsyganov supporting the Russian army.”
Tsyganova after filming acceptedHe said the interviewer disappointed him. “I thought he was smarter and more knowledgeable, but the guy threw poop at Russia.”
“Authorities started to attack”
Following his wife’s posts today, Tsyganov said: “Constantinograd”After the interview, it was stated that the singer was “subject to pressure from the authorities”. According to him, one of the state channels allegedly missed the congratulations promised to the singer on his 60th birthday.
“I started investigating and asked journalists. It turned out that Vika Tsyganova was on the “black” list. So we are fighting enemies, Satanists, so Russia’s enemies are also fighting us. After all, Vika cannot be accused of being against Russia,” said the producer.
Later, in a conversation with socialbites.ca, Tsyganov admitted that the singer, who talked about the participation of the neural network in an interview, wanted to “avoid bad questions.”
“It worked for Prigozhin, maybe it will work for us too. Fewer bad questions will be asked. So they don’t touch it because this place is already clean. They don’t touch Prigozhin, they leave him alone, he can say whatever he wants about the country, about Putin, about anything. No questions asked. He shouldn’t come to us either. Let’s call it “neural network”. Is this true? “It seems very logical to me.” explained producer.
The singer himself stated “I will rise”, “There are people the system does not like”: “I am also on this list. That’s why I came to Dudu and explained the situation, and I didn’t look for an enemy in him.”
“You were afraid of something”
Dud had previously interviewed a celebrity who supported Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. The meeting with TV presenter, actor and musician Oskar Kuchera took place in January 2023. Coachman after the shot stated“they don’t shake their fists after a fight” and “regulation is a great thing.”
After the incident with Tsyganova, the actress turned to the actress: “Why Vika? What nonsense? You were afraid of something. What?”.
Kuchera stated that the conversation with the spouses was “vague” with “his position.”
“This is a joke? 3.5 hours in 4K? Neural network? — Kuchera wrote on Instagram (the owner of the company Meta is known as an extremist in Russia and is banned).
Dudu faces scrutiny
For Dud, the interview with the Tsyganovs may also have consequences. According to this ShotFPBC chairman Vitaly Borodin appealed to the Prosecutor General with a request to check the journalist’s statements that he “discredits the reputation of the RF Armed Forces” and to bring him to legal responsibility.
Borodin believes that Dud had not previously hidden his anti-Russian position, and in his new video he rudely condemned the special operation, allegedly “against the backdrop of praise”, “speaking sarcastically about the participants of the Northern Military District.” For the United States.
Tsyganova released her first album, Walk, Anarchy, in 1991. In the 2000s she worked with singer-chansonnier Mikhail Krug. The most significant hit in her performance was the song “Come to My House”, the author of the lyrics was her husband and producer Vadim Tsyganov. After the start of the SVO, the singer came out in support of the actions of the Russian army and even the Wagner PMC, for which she composed an anthem.