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Alexander Bastrykin and Boris Grebenshchikov together remembered their Komsomol youth
Head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin met with Boris Grebenshchikov. They discussed music and the Komsomol, as well as charitable assistance to children.
The message on the website of the UK says that the Komsomol youth of Bastrykin and Grebenshchikov developed in different ways. Bastrykin was a Komsomol leader, and Grebenshchikov was expelled from the Komsomol in 1980 after performing at the Tbilisi Rock Festival.
“Alexander Bastrykin asked if he was the one who excluded the musician from the ranks of the Komsomol, noting that he was not a big fan of rock music, but at the same time respected any talented work. Boris Grebenshchikov replied that he perfectly remembers those functionaries who expelled him from the Komsomol, and Alexander Bastrykin was definitely not among them, ”said Vladimir Markin, official representative of the UK.
At the meeting, Bastrykin and Grebenshchikov also "remembered their student years" at Leningrad State University and talked about the Leningrad Rock Club, established in the early 1980s. The head of the UK said that he played bass in a jazz band when he was at university.
As stated on the website of the Investigative Committee, following the meeting, Bastrykin and Grebenshchikov agreed to cooperate in the field of charity. The head of the UK said that in his department there is an advisory council on helping orphans and children left without parental care.
In turn, Boris Grebenshchikov said that charity also occupies an important place in his life and he is a trustee of one of the charitable foundations, holds concerts, and transfers the proceeds from which to the treatment of seriously ill children. At the same time, Boris Grebenshchikov, just like the Investigative Committee, makes donations to children undergoing treatment at the clinic of Doctor Liza (Glinka Elizaveta Petrovna).