Yuri Shevtsuk, a Russian rock monster, has been accused of defaming the Russian military after denouncing attacks on Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin during a concert.
Ufa Court (central Russia) announced on Thursday, the Russian news agency Ria Novosti that the singer is being prosecuted for “public action aimed at defaming the use of the Russian armed forces” and that the file will be forwarded to the jurisdiction of St. Petersburg, where he lives. .
On May 18, in front of an audience in Ufa, the 65-year-old singer said that “Homeland is not to be the president’s lover permanently”according to videos posted on the internet.
“Now they are killing people in Ukraine, why? Our boys are dying in Ukraine, why?”
Yuri Shevtsuk faces the risk of being fined in this case, but the Russian penal code provides for penalties for these offenses, which can go up to five years in prison in case of recidivism and aggravating circumstances.
Head of the rock band DDT, famous in the former USSRhad denounced Vladimir Putin’s rule over the years, even denouncing him during a televised 2010 meeting.
He was also one of the instigators of a huge controversy in the Russia in 2011-2012, suppressed by the Kremlin.
Before the Putin era, Yuri Shevchuk distinguished for campaign against Chechnya’s first war (1994-1996).
He began his career in the 1980s, the last decade of the USSR, gaining popularity because of his anti-systemic songs in this crisis-ridden empire. With the fall of the USSR in 1991, Shevchuk was already a form of Russian rock.
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