“Occupiers are in a panic” + Russia withdraws submarines from Crimea – Muricas News

Nicely-known Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva has come beneath stress in her homeland after criticizing Russia’s struggle of aggression in Ukraine. “These poets, harlequins and jugglers simply want an opportunity to sing and dance, smirk and vulgarly smart-shit,” Valery Fadeyev, head of the Russian President’s Human Rights Fee, commented on Monday on the establishment’s official web site of Pugacheva’s name for peace.

One in all Pugacheva’s most well-known songs is named “Harlekino”. The Russian rap singer Timati, who's near the Kremlin, additionally complained concerning the singer’s alleged lack of patriotism.

Pugacheva had complained that Russian troopers have been dying for “illusory targets” whereas on the identical time Russia was being internationally ostracized by the struggle. The phrases of the 73-year-old, who remains to be thought of a celebrity in her house nation, discovered a large echo. The state media, nevertheless, ignored their criticism of the struggle of their reporting and solely reported on their demand to even be stamped as a “international agent” – a stigma in Russia. She confirmed solidarity together with her husband Maxim Galkin, a well-known comic in exile in Israel who had been blacklisted by the Ministry of Justice in Moscow.

The Kremlin declined to touch upon Pugacheva’s assertion. In Russia there was additionally encouragement for the singer. Julia Navalnaja, the spouse of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, printed Pugacheva’s criticism on Instagram. British electropop band Pet Store Boys tweeted: “We admire the braveness and honesty of legendary Russian celebrity Alla Pugacheva, who has denounced Vladimir Putin’s struggle in Ukraine and mentioned he'll make Russia a pariah.”