In Volgograd, security forces disrupted a rap concert after complaints from Orthodox activists

Security forces in Volgograd on October 29 dispersed the concert of rappers AlexMerser and Inqueensition; Orthodox activist Vadim Filin demanded to cancel the performance of the musicians. about the disruption of the concert . wrote The "Caucasian Knot"

Initially, the performance was supposed to take place in a large Volgograd club, however, according to the rappers, it was postponed due to the dissatisfaction of local activists. Before the start of the concert, the performers were detained by security forces in masks. “In the first minutes, everyone had a little shock, because the employees were with weapons, as if they had really come to take some kind of dangerous organized crime group,” one of the musicians said about this. In the police departments, AlexMerser and Inqueeensition were searched.

A few days before the event, on October 25, Vadim Filin, the founder of the Ladder Orthodox Family Center, posted on VKontakte that he demanded the cancellation of the rappers' concert, which he called a "Satanist sabbath." Filin noted that he had sent relevant appeals to Roskomnadzor, the city administration and the prosecutor's office.