YouTube blocks rap video in Russia on orders from federal censor

As the federal censor’s request, YouTube has blocked Russian users’ access to a May 2017 music video by the Belarusian rapper “LSP.” According to the artist’s official Vkontakte page, Roskomnadzor blocked the video because it features information about suicide and promotes suicide. At the time of this writing, the video has almost 40 million views worldwide.

In May 2018, Vkontakte blocked another song by LSP on the same grounds.

• LSP is a music project by the Vitebsk native Oleg Savchenko. From 2012 to 2017, the group LSP was a duet between Oleg “LSP” Savchenko and Roman “The Englishman” Sashcheko. Since the latter’s death in 2017, Savchenko has continued performing as LSP with other artists.