Because he spoke out against Russian aggression against Ukraine.
who spoke out against the war in Ukraine, the authorities of the Russian Federation entered the register of foreign agents, the BBC reports. At the beginning of September, the Kremlin announced that Galkin was “clearly out of step” with the rest of the Russians.
The Ministry of Justice of Russia, adding to the register of individuals-“foreign agents”, noted that Galkin is engaged in political activities, while receiving financing or other assistance from Ukraine. Last week, journalists Yulia Latynina and Michael Naki, as well as historian and teacher Tamara Eidelman, entered this register with the same wording.
Galkin took the 23rd line in the register of individuals-” foreign agents”, which the authorities began conducting only in April of this year, starting with journalists Yugen Kiselyov and Matvyi Ganapolskyi.
In particular, the list of individuals-” “foreign agents” included six people: Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon, journalist Kateryna Gordeyeva, politician Ivan Zhdanov, businessman and philanthropist Boris Zimin, musician Andriy Makarevych and political scientist Fyodor Krasheninnikov.
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Both mass media and natural persons-“foreign agents” must mark their public materials and appeals to state bodies with a status mark, as well as regularly report to the Ministry of Justice on their income and expenses.
In his social networks, Galkin, in particular, commented on the mass murders in Buchi and spoke that there can be no excuses for war. After that, he was taken off the air on television.
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He is currently outside Russia. After the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, he was in Israel, where he gave a sharp criticism of the war at his concerts. The artist also performed in the USA, Latvia, and Poland. His concerts in Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) have been announced.
