Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Petr Akopov
[REGNUM] After the start of the SVO, it became clear that most of our “cultural elite” turned out to be not ours at all - the stars chose not only to refrain from “supporting the war”, but also began to speak out against it. First, simply against “aggression” and Putin, then against the country, and some against the “terrible people.” Many A-list stars—young and old, actors and singers, Soviet-era idols and social media role models—simply left the country. Others have laid low and remained silent, refraining from outrage to avoid falling into “cancel culture.”
| Andrei Makarevich is an elderly Russian — previously Soviet — rock musician who moved to Israel in 2022 after he turned against Vladimir Putin. |
This American invention of recent years has begun to flourish here, too, because ordinary and not-so-citizens began to be publicly indignant at the unpatriotic behavior of their idols. “How can it be that the Motherland gave you everything, and in difficult times you ran away, wishing defeat for your country, or stepped aside and remained silent - this is not good.” |