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MOSCOW, June 24 – RIA Novosti. For a long time, the Ukrainian art of diversity was considered strictly native in Russia, and our artists were warmly welcomed in Kiev and other cities of the neighboring country. However, at some point (or even before 2014), the once common scene for some reason began to fall apart. Now Russian-speaking singers completely leave not only Russia, but also loyal audiences.

“Live in peace, country”: tears of the heir Pugacheva

Svetlana Loboda at the MUZ-TV 20/21 national television awards ceremony.  The beginning of the world - RIA Novosti, 1920, 22.06.2022

In the “New Wave – 2019” Svetlana Loboda covered the hit “Live in peace, country” by Alla Pugacheva. Later, Primadonna on the plot of MUZ-TV met with the Ukrainian singer and said: “Live in peace, country, there is another one. Everyone else is in the shade.”

The singing woman did not hide her love for Loboda. Pugacheva was at her concerts many times, and the lyrics of the song addressed to Svetlana became a completely transparent allusion to the status of a young star. His concerts sold out in Russia and he listened to hundreds of thousands of tracks.

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But in Ukraine, the performances of Loboda were many times unsuccessful. Local activists did not allow him to take the stage. They say that this – including – the alleged revenge of his colleague on the Ukrainian show business Tina Karol. She is often called the mistress of the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. Accordingly, he allegedly got rid of both Loboda and Ani Lorak, who settled in Russia, from the Ukrainian scene, with the power given to him (money and influence over the media).

However, after the start of the special operation, Svetlana was silent for a while, and then, sobbing, recorded a video in which she condemned the recent events and even made a reservation that she had been living in Europe for a long time.

After that, her concerts in Russia were canceled, and Loboda’s name disappeared from the headline lists of many shows and festivals.

Salyut, Vera: Brezhnev from Italy suffers because of Ukraine

Premiere of the movie The Last Christmas Trees - RIA Novosti, 1920, 22/06/2022

The ex-soloist of “VIA Gra”, the diva of our stage Vera Brezhneva is loved by millions of fans in Russia. Competent PR is a successful tandem with the producer and now her husband Konstantin Meladze. “I know the password, I see the landmark” – still voices on the dance floors.

Vera worked hard in Russia. And this is not just a singing career: she hosted the show “Magic of Ten” on Channel One and starred in films for STS – “Success”, participated in almost all popular entertainment television shows.

However, after February 24, the images of the destruction on the territory of Ukraine on their social media accounts and the headlines in the Western media. They volunteered at the Brezhnev center in Poland and collected funds for affected citizens. True, for a short time she was engaged in such a charity.

From 2014 to 2022 he did not post with the staff of the Donbass, and since February he has not gone to his homeland. Brezhnev and her husband had long lived mainly in Italy, instead of working, they would come to Ukraine and Russia. Recently, the singer brightly celebrated the anniversary of her mother and shared images of shopping in Milan.

In April, Vera loudly declared: I am not Ukrainian, I am a Russian singer. According to him, he performed his first solo concert in St. Petersburg, but he has no songs in his native language. But here she was cunning: in 2020, the singer presented the premiere – in Ukrainian.

There are fogs on his head: Max Barskikh promised to go “to the front”, but flew to the USA

Singer Max Barskikh - RIA Novosti, 1920, 22.06.2022

Singer Max Barskikh forbade the use of his songs in our country – they say, there is nothing to listen to the work of the Russians. He also canceled all concerts in Russia and did not refund money for tickets.

On his account, he walked harshly to both his stage mates and loyal listeners. Then he proudly appeared in military uniform with the words that he left for the “front”. But instead of a tank, he got on a plane and went on tour to the United States. Of course, where few people expect it – only immigrants from the USSR listen to such music in America. And he clearly has fewer than his fans in Russia.

As a result, Barskikh performed at the Billboard MusicCon festival. But not on stage, but at a press conference, where he played a small part of a Ukrainian composition with a guitar.

Sofia Rotaru: “I miss you”

Filming of the New Year's program on Russia 1 TV channel - RIA Novosti, 1920, 22/06/2022

The Soviet superstar said “I miss you” from the “Songs of the Year” stage when she came to Russia to work in 2019 after a short hiatus (before that, she was here in 2014-2016).

Rotaru has been living in Kiev since 2014. He flew to Moscow either via Turkey or via Moldova.

Of course, Sofia Mikhailovna was warmly received in Russia, she is still loved, like many other artists of the USSR.

In social networks, Rotaru publishes statements about peace with pictures in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, publishes information about the dead and wounded.

After the mobilization began in Ukraine, local media reported that her son and grandson tried to flee abroad, were caught and detained, but were later released.

Verka Serduchka: Farewell to Still Russia

Verka Serdyuchka (Andrey Danilko) - RIA Novosti, 1920, 22.06.2022

Andrey Danilko has been using the image of the conductor Verka on stage for many years. She went to Eurovision in 2007 to represent her homeland Ukraine with a fully formatted song, “Don’t Dance”. The words didn’t make much sense, but the Old World countries liked it and got a well-deserved second place.

But in the phrase Lasha Tumbai (allegedly Mongolian), not only in Russia – Russia Goodbye (“Russia, goodbye”). But Serduchka’s songs were danced at all weddings, warmly received in our country and on television.

Since 2014, Verka Serduchka stopped going to Russia on tour. True, it is worth arranging the dates: then, in May, after the final of the next Eurovision song contest, Rossiya was on the air on 1 and said many kind words to our brothers Tolmachev and about the Ukrainian artist Maria Yaremchuk ( Viktor Yanukovych gave to the Party of Regions hated in his homeland for support).

Later, Verka admitted that she sometimes secretly comes to Russia. There were corporate parties, but the chief’s performances were not advertised.

After the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, Danilko said: no more Lasha Tumbai, only Russia goodbye. By the way, I sang these lines at the June concert in Amsterdam.

Neither ours nor others: where will the Ukrainian pop stars go

We can safely say that the songs of Ukrainian artists will continue to be heard in Russia, because some of them have already become hits, and this is truly part of Russian pop culture. But money from music streams is far from the first line in the income of the stars. They are main performances and often corporate ones.

Russian show business is a huge market that brings stable money: there are also a large number of customers, concerts and festivals. However, whether Loboda, Brezhnev and others can be called upon now is a big question.

There is Europe, but the songs of many Ukrainian artists for the Old World are unformatted. There are rare performances for Russian-speaking emigrants from the countries of the former USSR.

Source: Ria

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