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MOSCOW, July 19 Singer Shaman (Yaroslav Dronov) when asked about Russia’s response to blocking artists on YouTube, said that that is why he spoke at the American embassy in Moscow.
The concert-meeting of the artist Shaman took place near the US Embassy in the center of Moscow.
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«And I’m already doing this. That’s why I’m here and now at the American embassy. And now you’ll see everything, and all the world will see… The main thing for me is what is happening in Russia,” he told reporters, answering a corresponding question.
According to the artist, the rally at the US Embassy is a historical event that is created not by him, but by the whole country. “It’s not me who makes history, but we, each of us here, makes history. All of Russia makes history,” he added.
When asked about an analogue of YouTube in Russia, Shaman replied: “What? An analogue of YouTube? What is YouTube? In my opinion, no one knows what YouTube is. It does not exist.”
Earlier, a message appeared on the European Commission website that Shaman was subject to new EU sanctions due to support for actions that allegedly “undermine the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.”
After which Shaman reported that his YouTube channel was blocked, citing the fact that he was Russian.
The channels of Grigory Leps, Oleg Gazmanov, Yulia Chicherina and Vyacheslav Manucharov are also blocked on the video hosting platform, the correspondent was convinced.
