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When rock whistles on the mountain
The invasion festival, on the stage of which not only the musicians, but also the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, caused violent discussions on the topic whether a decent rocker could participate in this. In vain. There is nothing surprising in the symphony of Russian rock and the authorities - it has always been so
Military equipment has become an integral attribute of the rock festival, Tver region, July 3, 2015
Kinchev
In the fall of 1994, one of the permanent headlines of the “Invasion” (and the participant of the current) Konstantin Kinchev returned to the Presidential Administration the medal of the “Defender of the White House”, which Boris Yeltsin presented him a year earlier. “This is my political protest against what is happening in the country,” Kinchev said then. “I do not agree with the commissioning of troops into Chechnya, I am against the military and violence.”
After a year and a half, in the spring of 1996, Kinchev will go to the tour “vote or lose”-already for Yeltsin, against Zyuganov. “There is a danger of the restoration of the Satanic communist system, which destroyed our Orthodox churches, which destroyed people for dissent. Democracy is only four years old, this is still a baby who needs to be supported and give him the opportunity to rise to his feet. The Communists are trying to destroy this baby, you and I should not allow it. Everyone who is not indifferent to my word, please vote for Yeltsin. Only he is in force to withstand the impending danger, ”he called. Nobody canceled the war in Chechnya at that time. 
Three years later, in 1999, in an interview with the newspaper Tomorrow, Kinchev will say about Yeltsin’s power: “Through Freemasonry, through liberalism they laid out a powerful country.” And also - about Zyuganov: “One democratic lady took out my wife:“ Why does Zyuganov go to the temple and be baptized - is it not sincerely? ” My wife replies: “How do you know with what heart he comes there? Maybe he comes there with a sincere confession and prayer. ”
A year later, Kinchev will approve the bombing of Chechnya and call Putin the “collector of land”. In December 2011, he, after the start of mass protests in Moscow, will say right from the stage: "We are on ... Lee!" And he will call his fans to go outside. And in 2014, in an interview with the newspaper “Arguments of the Week”, he will again speak for the current government: “You need to support your own and stand! Any state structure consists of crooks, crooks and thieves, but these are our crooks and thieves, they must be maintained in an acute situation for the country. ” 
Imagine that Kinchev simply suffers from a split personality, and turn to other headlines of the “invasion”. The Night Snipers group, for example. Its leader Diana Arbenina in May 2014 in an interview with the Ukrainian television channel “1+1” said that she canceled her concerts in Crimea due to the occupation of the peninsula by Russian troops. “These are all very terrible and very dirty things. Therefore, I will not go to Crimea this year. ”
On July 3 of the same year, “snipers” come with a concert to Kyiv, and there, anticipating their performance, Arbenin will tell the Kievans: “Nobody asked me about it, but it seems to me that it is right to do it. I want to ask for forgiveness for my colleagues, for those who play rock and roll, who for some reason have not yet supported you in this terrible time for Ukraine. ” 
Returning to his homeland and receiving a rebuke not only from most of his Russian colleagues and fans, but also from the organizers of the tour of the tours, Arbenin gave an interview to the Super portal, owned by Aram Gabrelyanov: “I did not support the legitimate or any other power in Ukraine. Moreover, I do not touch on events in this country at all, since the Night Snipers group does not engage in politics! ” To the journalist’s remark that the Ukrainian media write about the massive abolition of “night snipers” concerts in Russia, Arbenin replied that “this is someone’s fiction”, and even threatened to “call the slanderers to answer”. This is August 2014, if that.
Not a month passes, as Arbenina writes an appeal to her fans and laid out it in YouTube. “I will briefly and in the case,” she says and lists the list of canceled concerts: September 20 - Tver, September 22 - Kursk, September 23 - Belgorod, September 24 - Eagle, September 30 - Volgograd, October 5 - Kazan, October 16 - Kostroma, November 6 - Nizhny Novgorod. The reasons why this happened was very different: the roof flowed, there was a repair in the club, the site was suddenly taken to other city needs ... All this, of course, is lies. ” And adds: "I will do everything to return."
On June 12, 2015, Diana Arbenina performed on Red Square at the holiday "Day of Russia", organized by the Kremlin. 
Imagine that Diana Arbenina also has a bifurcation of personality, and we turn to other headlines of the “invasion”. Sergey Galanin, for example. Historical excursions are not even needed here. Galanin is the author of the song “What do we need? Yes, just the light in the window. What do we dream about? That the war ended ... ”Actually, Galanin does not have other hits, and he will definitely sing him. Recall, against the background of what. “The landing of military personnel of the Airborne Forces. The performance of the pilot group "Falcon of Russia" on the Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters. Artillery salute to the music of a military orchestra. The defile of the orchestra of the Suvorovtsev of the Moscow Military Musical School and the performance of the orchestra with one of the headliners. Training lesson on camouflage and survival in wildlife. Specially equipped points for the selection for military service under the contract. Exhibition of military equipment, including the shell-s missile and gun complexes.
This is all from the official press release prepared by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. From there: “Defenders, patriots, ours! In the year of the 15th anniversary of the “invasion” and the anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, the army of Russia recalls: together we are power! The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on July 3-5 will be deployed in Bolshoi Zavidov and will become participants in the festival for the third time. Guests of the festival from different cities and weights should know that our country and the army are strong, that we are always protected. The military is cool and dangerous! " 
Not schizophrenia
This is the flu all together, and everyone goes crazy alone. Neither Kinchev, nor Arbenina, nor Galanin have any schizophrenia. There should be no questions for them, rather there are questions for the public, which on completely unclear reasons mythologized Russian rock and endowed it with non -existent qualities, equal to the anti -war Woodstock in America. There has never been a Russian Woodstock. There was a festival “Rock against drugs” in the early 90s, when its participants crawled out onto the stage, who smoked, who smoked. There was a festival “Vote or Lost” (1996), about which the leader of the Va-Bank group Alexander F. Sklyar said most honestly: “We paid as much as we would earn in two years of continuous tour. And here - in two weeks! " There was the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev (2008) and the performance of Andrei Makarevich on it with the song “Turn”. To the honor of Makarevich, he refused to speak at the current “invasion”, but still he could not help but understand in 2008, which he participated in. It was last year (or rather, and did not take place) the Russian-Ukrainian friendship festival at the Olympic stadium in Kyiv, which was refused to perform all Russian rock musicians, including the uncompromising Yuri Shevchuk. The famous producer who tried to organize this festival, on the terms of anonymity, told The New Times that Shevchuk was frightened by the black and red flags of the Right Sector, which could compromise it.
Vasily Oblomov, who performed at a protest rally on Sakharov Avenue in 2011, explains all these paradoxes as follows: “It is wrong to think that rock musicians in our country are something separate. They also want to eat, drink and dress. If in society there is no protest against war and violence, but there is a desire to live and earn calm, then where should the protest appear among the rock musicians? How do they differ from a locksmith who takes bribes and feeds a family on them? Or from the deputies of Yarova and Mizulina, who were at first in the Yabloko party, and now they are the initiators of almost all repressive laws? "
At the same time, to the question: “Would you participate in the current festival“ Invasion ”?”, Vasily replies: “If you called, he went. Why not? "
Photo: Alexander Ryumin/TASS, Valery Sharifululin/ITAR-TASS, EINSEELIG/Instagram.com