Putin-era stagnation: police in Russia are once again breaking up concerts, and metalheads are fined for tattoos and clothing

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🎤 Putin-era stagnation: police in Russia are once again breaking up concerts, and metalheads are fined for tattoos and clothing

Over the past year in Russia, security forces have disrupted a whole series of punk and metal concerts. Thirty-five years after the collapse of the USSR, representatives of subcultures are once again being persecuted in Russia — people who used to be called “nonconformists.”

Concerts are being banned and broken up, songs are being censored, and people are fined for the wrong clothing. Police and judges rely on anti-extremist legislation, which is becoming increasingly harsher.

The targets of repression are not necessarily rebellious young people; sometimes they are people of age who are quite loyal to the state. In some ways, today’s bans are even harsher than the Soviet ones.

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Putin-era stagnation: police in Russia are once again breaking up concerts, and metalheads are fined for tattoos and clothing

Over the past year in Russia, security forces have disrupted a whole series of punk and metal concerts. Thirty-five years after the collapse of the USSR, representatives are once again being persecuted in Russia…