band was chosen for one of seven episodes. >> correct. >> and in fact, one of your songs was used as the title track for the series. >> so i get a letter from the producer and essentially it says because of political pressure the russia episode has been removed from the rebel music series. >> according to the producer, mtv russia pushed back on the content, she presumes because of the negative impact it would have on them and their ability to do business on a day-to-day basis in russia. mtv's official reason for removing louna from the series is that they simply did not have enough time to air all the stories they filmed. >> this was a documentary series about musicians standing up and risking their lives in some cases to stand up against government abuse of power, government corruption, and yet, a foreign government was able to editorially control what american viewers see on their tv screens.

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