At a concert by the Russian group Kis-Kis in Saint Petersburg on Friday, May 20, the public began to chant
"Shit on the war",
as a sign of opposition to the offensive led by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine reports
Courrier International
.
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"Those who believe that all Russians support Putin are wrong,"
said Lioubov Sobol, a member of the Russian opposition.
The relative of Alexeï Navalny, relayed on Twitter a video filmed during the concert of the Russian group Kis-Kis, in the A2 Green Concert.
We hear
“a large crowd”
singing
“Shit to the war”,
reports
Business Insider
.
The same week, a Russian rock legend, Yury Shevchuk, had already been arrested after making anti-war remarks.
"Fatherland, my friends, is not licking the president's ass, much less kissing him permanently,"
the DDT musician told a crowd of 8,000 in Perm
, according to
The Moscow Times .
He would also have compared Vladimir Putin's offensive to
"Napoleonic projects"
worthy of a
"local Julius Caesar".
Yury Shevchuk is a longtime opponent of Vladimir Putin.
He did not hesitate to openly criticize the Russian president, notably during the annexation of Crimea in 2014. And it's not a detail, he supported the famous anti-Kremlin activists, Pussy Riot.
These acts of resistance to power have an exorbitant price: the rocker, accused of
"discrediting"
the Russian army, risks a fine of up to 50,000 rubles or about 800 dollars...
