Gen UnZed.ru - In Putin’s Russia, musicians face arrests for protest songs
In Putin's Russia, musicians face arrest for anti-war protest songs, with Diana Loginova, a member of the band Stoptime, being fined and charged for her lyrics. The crackdown on dissent has widened, affecting even pro-Putin voices like Sergei Markov, who was labeled a 'foreign agent'. Protest music, historically a force for change, is now seen as a threat by the Kremlin, highlighting the dangerous moment for dissent in Russia.
"Putin's propaganda has lost this generation of people. And it is very important because these children were born in Putin's time. They grew up in Putin's time, and they became musicians in Putin's time. These musicians and their listeners, they are not dissidents. They are a generation which is saying no to all of this, to Putin's ideas, to what Putin has tried to do."
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