"'A rifle is a celebration, everything goes to hell'—that's patriotism promoted at the top": the State Duma proposed establishing a prize named after Yegor Letov.
According to the United Russia deputy Vitaliy Milonova, this will help Russia “preserve its modern cultural heritage,” since today the country “is experiencing a period of renaissance of domestic mass culture, freeing itself from the alluvial dirt of the West.”
“During his life and work, Yegor Letov was not accepted among his ‘liberal colleagues’ for his undisguised patriotic position, for the ideals he preached, and for his active rejection of the ‘Western values’ being imposed at the time.” — Milonov assures.
And also adds that the award is named after Yegor Letova should be awarded to young rock musicians to help them gain popularity among their compatriots “in need of the right cultural reference points.”
With my proposal R'RёS,R ° F "RёR№ Milonov appealed to the Minister of Culture Olga Favorite.
“I bought the Korea magazine, it’s good there too,
There is Comrade Kim Il Sung, there is the same thing as we have.
I'm sure they have the same thing
And everything is going according to plan." — social media users sang along to a track by Yegor Letov, the leader of the band "Civil Defense," which he wrote in 1989.
We've compiled a list of other Twitter reactions to Milonov's initiative!
Yegor Letov, from Omsk, is one of the most prominent and well-known figures of Siberian punk. Due to the popularity of the band "Civil Defense" and its edgy songs, he ran afoul of the Soviet authorities—for example, in 1985, the KGB accused him of plotting to blow up an oil refinery. According to Letov himself, he was threatened with "truth-telling" to force him, while insane, to confess to anti-Soviet activities.
Letov said about himself that “he is a soldier” and “will always be against.”
At a certain period Egor Letov was friends with Limonov и DuginHe participated in NBP events. Although in 2004 the musician disavowed any political movements, and later explained in interviews that this experience was more of a sarcasm and a game for him.
