The concert of rapper Husky in Rostov-on-Don passed without light and sound after the security forces came to the site. Husky managers informed the human rights organization of Open Russia about this.
Before the rapper's concert, two policemen and several people in civilian clothes came to the organizers. They demanded that one of the managers sign a warning against extremism and violations of the law during a public event.
The manager signed the document, but the director of the site where the concert was supposed to take place asked the musicians to leave it. When they refused, plainclothes officers said that "the cops would come" and threatened to "send crap." Sound and lighting were turned off in the hall, and the guards stopped letting spectators in. Husky read the lyrics of his songs without a microphone and music, writes the human rights organization "Open Russia".
The rapper's managers also reported that the prosecutor's office and employees of the "E" Center threatened the venues in Krasnodar and Volgograd, where Husky's next concerts were to take place.
Updated: The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Rostov Region stated that the police did not take any restrictive measures. Three participants of the concert were charged with hooliganism protocols.