The court again recognized the song of the group “Pornofilmy” as extremist material

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd has repeatedly recognized the song of the group “Pornofilmy” “Kill the Beggars!” as extremist material. about this in his Telegram channel reports the Network Freedoms project (provides legal assistance in cases of freedom of expression).

Today, September 26, only the operative part of the decision was announced at the court session, therefore, on what the court’s conclusions are based, it is not yet clear, the project notes.

Earlier, by order of the court, specialists from the Scientific Research Center for Forensic Expertise conducted a psychological and linguistic examination of the song. In mid-September became knownthat, according to experts, the text of the composition does not contain signs of extremism.

The experts confirmed the position of the defendants that the song “belongs to the genre of satire and, being almost a literal translation of the song ”Kill the Poor” by the cult American punk band The Dead Kennedys, does not contain calls to imitate the lyrical hero”, write “Network Freedoms” .

Founded in 2008 by Vladimir Kotlyarov, the Pornofilmy group received wide popularity after the release of the fourth album “In the range between despair and hope”. In November 2021, the song “Kill the Beggars!” was included in the list of extremist materials. In February this year, the court canceled this is the solution.

Maria Fedotova