The war in Ukraine spells the end of Russkaja.
The famous music group, including a Russian and a Ukrainian, fearing for his safety while the war
"is not going to stop anytime soon"
, has announced its dissolution.
"Presented as pro-Russian despite our denunciation"
of the invasion of Ukraine,
"our group Russkaja has become a daily target on the Internet"
, can we read on the Facebook page of the group, which surfs on Soviet nostalgia at Vienna for 18 years.
“Soviet imagery is forever damaged”
and
“the war in Ukraine that Russia started on February 24, 2022 no longer allows us to use it satirically
,” Russkaja wrote.
"And then we are afraid for the safety of our team and we don't want anything serious to happen during a show
," says Russkaja.
Composed of six men and one woman, and formed in the Austrian capital, which mixes populations from Eastern Europe, the group has had great success in the United States with its ska punk style and of balkan folk turbo.
At first, the musical formation had decided to continue to occur by clearly displaying its support for kyiv, the bass player Dimitrij Miller being Ukrainian.
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But its red star logo, its singer from Moscow and some of its lyrics, which have become inappropriate since
"the Russians landed"
, have had to be replaced since the invasion.
The signs of misunderstanding and hostility have multiplied and
"no one in this group anymore wants to represent something which, in a time like ours, is exclusively associated with war, death, crime and bloodshed “
, said the group Russkaja sadly, before announcing its dissolution.
