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Ukrainians invited the authorities to ban songs in Russian
The petition demanding to ban the songs in Russian on streaming platforms in Ukraine gained the number of votes necessary for the government, RBC-Ukraine said . Now she has more than 28 thousand signatures on the state website of electronic calls. The authors of the petition require prohibiting the distribution of Russian -speaking songs to Apple Music, Spotify "and other platforms, regardless of the nationality of the performer."
The authors of the petition explained the need to ban "ideas and messages that harm Ukrainian identity and form a negative attitude towards the state." The petition says that listening to Russian -speaking performers "each time contributes to the financing of the aggressor," since the money earned by Russian artists also goes to "rockets that kill Ukrainians."
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The authors of the petition explained the need to ban "ideas and messages that harm Ukrainian identity and form a negative attitude towards the state." The petition says that listening to Russian -speaking performers "each time contributes to the financing of the aggressor", since money earned by Russian artists also goes to "rockets killing Ukrainians."
Even songs performed by Ukrainian artists in Russian “can contain elements of Russian propaganda,” the authors of the petition are sure. According to them, the ban will popularize Ukrainian -language music, “cultural products that support identity and national values”, as well as protect young people, because in the modern world it “actively consumes music through streaming platforms”.
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The abandonment of Russian -language songs will retain freedom of choice, as Ukrainians “will be able to enjoy a large amount of music performed in other languages,” the petition says. The authors of the appeal invited the Cabinet of Ministers to introduce a bill on the requirements for streaming platforms to the Verkhovna Rada and "influence licensing rules."
The head of the petition is the blogger Alexander Leonenko. He calls himself a “language activist” and wrote on his Instagram that now in Ukraine musical charts “leads some kind of muck”. “I don’t know who listens to this morgenery, but it is obvious that affectionate Ukrainization does not work,” the blogger added.
The Ukrainian “Channel 24” reported a few days ago that the songs of the Russian rapper Morgenstern were in the tops of the most popular streaming platforms - Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. The rapper's tracks were supplanted not only by the last Ukrainian hits, but also by the “flooded social networks” the song of Lady Gaga Abracadabra, television journalists said.
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