The deputy wished to raise a generation that had never heard of Pugacheva or Grebenshchikov

State Duma Deputy Oleg Matveychev said that a generation should grow up in Russia that has never heard of Alla Pugacheva or Boris Grebenshchikov. The opinion about the artists who left the country and criticize the actions of the Russian authorities from abroad was shared on the air RBC.

So, they asked to respond to the words of the parliamentarian as part of the discussion, the main question of which was “what should we do with the departed stars?”. The audience was asked to decide on their position on the topic of “cancellation of culture”. So, among the options it was proposed to choose from “the main thing is talent, not political views”, “culture is out of politics”, “cultural figures should be patriots”. The votes of those polled were divided.

Earlier, Oleg Matveychev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, spoke at a round table in Moscow about the need to take action against artists who make loud negative statements about Russia.