Political scientist and Higher School professor Marat Bashirov said that the concert, which took place in Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium on the eve of the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland, showed the broad support of the Russians to President Vladimir Putin and those involved in the special operation. School of Economics.
“According to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 200,000 people attended Luzhniki. People came from different parts of the country. Despite the severe frost, the stands were packed,” says the expert.
He states that the audience sang along with the artists, reacted emotionally to the performances of the guests, including the members of the SVO and the parents of the deceased heroes, warmly welcomed the President of the country and gave positive reactions to the theses expressed. by the head of state.
“This shows the popular support for the processes in Russia’s domestic and foreign policy. People came to Luzhniki to support the chairman and members of the SVO, ”the political scientist adds.
Marat Bashirov believes that Vladimir Putin’s speech is a kind of continuation of his speech to the Bundestag the previous day. But this continuation was addressed not specifically to the Bundestag, but to all Russians.
The political scientist calls his statement the main message in the president’s speech that all Russian people are defenders of the Fatherland.
In addition, the expert points out that the participants in the rally concert are both well-known artists and newly declared artists who have been on the battlefield many times after the start of the special operation.
“We actually saw a new facet of Russian pop music and culture. All artists performing on stage are connected with the special operation, ”Marat Bashirov concludes.
Recall that the rally concert “Thank you to the defenders of the Fatherland” was held on February 22 in Luzhniki. It was attended by Grigory Leps, Nikolai Rastogruev, Oleg Gazmanov, Vladimir Mashkov, Viktor Barinov, Polina Agureeva, SHAMAN, as well as soldiers and volunteers returning from the NVO region. The main event of the event was the speech of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.