Published February 11,2023
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Russia‘s Justice Ministry on Friday positioned Zemfira, one among post-Soviet Russia’s hottest singers, on an inventory of international brokers on grounds that she supported Ukraine and criticised Russia’s “special military operation” in that nation.
Tass news company quoted a ministry assertion as saying that Zemfira, whose full identify is Zemfira Ramazanova, “openly supported Ukraine, held concerts in unfriendly countries while speaking against the special military operation and received support from foreign sources”.
Zemfira, an ethnic Volga Tatar born within the central Russian area of Bashkortostan, started performing in 1998 and gained reputation in Russia and different ex-Soviet states. She was identified to oppose the battle with Ukraine and for a time, her web site featured the slogan “No to war”.
She is reported by quite a few web sites to have left Russia to settle in France after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Russians labelled international brokers have usually been subjected to police searches and different punitive measures. Many have left the nation prior to now 12 months.
The ministry famous different Russian nationals had additionally been labelled a international agent on Friday, together with opposition politician Dmitry Gudkov.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
