Street musicians in Crimea will be banned from playing music of foreign agents

In the occupied Crimea, street musicians will be banned from performing works created by "foreign agents". This recommendation for the local administrations controlled by Russia was announced by the head of the Russian parliament of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov.

This was reported by Krym.Realii.

According to him, street performers may be denied permission to perform if their repertoire includes songs of "foreign agents". He also stated the need to "cleanse the cultural space of all kinds of traitors" and "clear it for those talents who stayed with their country in difficult times." Earlier, Konstantinov proposed to the State Duma to completely ban the public use of works created by "foreign agents" or citizens of "unfriendly states."

The Russian authorities are constantly tightening the laws on "foreign agents," which creates difficulties for the distribution of their works. According to these rules, the works must be marked with special labeling and cannot be distributed to minors. In addition, musicians' income from intellectual activity is frozen on special accounts.

Meanwhile, a court in Simferopol has left Crimean Tatars behind bars. The Supreme Court of Simferopol upheld the decision of the lower court to extend the arrest of four Crimean Tatars - members of the so-called Fourth Dzhankoy Group. Thus, they will remain in the pre-trial detention center at least until October 4.

According to the lawyer, the investigator and the prosecutor insisted on keeping them in custody, arguing that there were risks of escape and pressure on witnesses. At the same time, the defense considers these allegations to be unsubstantiated. The lawyer emphasized that his clients had no previous problems with the law and were strongly connected to Crimea by family and social ties.

In early June, the prosecutor demanded 17 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony for the activists of the first Dzhankoy group among Crimean Tatars. The lawyers emphasized that the prosecution relied solely on audio recordings, and no evidence of preparation of terrorist acts was provided.

Катерина Глушко