Who. Yaroslav Yurievich Dronov, known as Shaman, is a Russian performer and composer and passionate nationalist..
That. A fervent supporter of Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine, he is the subject of an intense debate on social networks because they accuse his latest video clip of being made “according to the canons of Nazi propaganda”.
As. Immune to controversy, he has been chosen as Putin's representative in the electoral campaign
It had been a long time since the president of the Federation Council had managed to bring together so many senators, who were generally not very jealous of their work.. The music brought them to their feet, some had tears in their eyes. The president of the upper house, Valentina Matvienko, said that she got goosebumps. This is how this week the vibrant patriotism of the Russian singer Shaman once again unleashed its spell among an elite that is increasingly nationalistic and thirsty for victories.
Yaroslav Yurievich Dronov was born in the city of Novomoskovsk on November 22, 1991, when the USSR had one month left to live. Since he was a child he liked to sing, as an adult he stood out for his love of Russian nationalism and his hatred of Ukraine: the formula to succeed in an expanding country.
It is the best-known Rubiales in Russia. He rose to fame thanks to musical talent contests such as Factor A. Since 2020, Yaroslav Dronov has been performing under the stage name Shaman.
In July 2022, Shaman released a video for the song 'I am Russian'. It was the prelude to a series of concerts in the territories of Ukraine annexed by Russia: from Lugansk to the devastated Mariupol. The artist also regularly performs at pro-Kremlin concerts, pro-war propaganda events and other nationalist 'covens'.
His message has been increasingly harsh. This year Shaman released the song 'Nosotros', its second clip was published on April 20, Adolf Hitler's birthday. Several analysts pointed out how the image of the shaman is reminiscent of the young Nazi who sings 'Tomorrow belongs to me' in the film 'Cabaret': “That Hitler Youth hairstyle, the Protestant cross, the black leather, the bracelet with the colors of the flag,” listed the exiled professor Nikolai Mitrokhin. The singer also raised his left hand several times at chest level.. Even the deputy of the United Russia government party Oleg Matveychev denounced what seems to him a “Trojan horse” of “leftists, liberals and national traitors”.
For Matveychev it is obvious that “by broadcasting this video on Hitler's birthday, depicting him in Red Square, he is telling everyone that Putin is Hitler”. On the Internet, journalist and presenter Farida Kurbangaleeva denounced: “The Fourth Reich has already arrived…. “What happens is that this time, instead of a Bavarian pub, there will be golden domes”. Other spokespersons for Putinism, however, have defended their role. But in a country that suffered so much from the blows of Nazism, these frivolities cause shock.
Despite all the controversy, Shaman is already well inside the Sanhedrin that will lead Putin to his fifth electoral victory. Vladimir Putin's list of representatives for the presidential elections will include traditional exponents such as the heads of the Marinsky and Bolshoi theaters, the veteran film director Nikita Mikhalkov, but also this pop nationalist who aspires to breathe new energy into Russian patriotism. In total, by law, Putin can appoint up to 600 representatives. His duties will include campaigning for the Russian leader and facilitating the process of gathering support for him.
Voting to elect the Russian president will take place from March 15 to 17, 2024. Warmongering will be expressed in the call and the senators have been the first to show their emotion at the patriotic chords of Shaman.