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KAPFENBERG, May 16 — Fans still sing and dance away to Russkaja’s Soviet nostalgia beats, but the Austrian ska-punk band say their mission to bring “fun and love” has become tricky since Russia invaded Ukraine. “We were concerned. To what extent can you represent something Russian?”...
KAPFENBERG, Austria — Fans still sing and dance away to Russkaja’s Soviet nostalgia beats, but the Austrian ska-punk band say their mission to bring “fun and love” has become tricky since Russia invaded Ukraine.“We were concerned. To what extent can you represent something Russian?” Moscow-born lead singer Georgij Makazaria tells AFP in a joint interview with Ukrainian bassist
Fans still sing and dance away to Russkaja’s Soviet nostalgia beats, but the Austrian ska-punk band say their mission to bring “fun and love” has become tricky since Russia invaded Ukraine. “We were concerned. To what extent can you represent something Russian?” Moscow-born lead singer Georgij Makazaria said in a joint interview with Ukrainian bassist Dimitrij Miller. “Singing ‘The Russians are here’ gets stuck in my throat,” he said. The group — one of whose tag lines is “peace, love and Russian roll” — started in Vienna 17 years ago, after a chance encounter between...
Fans still sing and dance away to Russkaja's Soviet nostalgia beats, but the Austrian ska-punk band say their mission to bring "fun and love" has become tricky since Russia invaded Ukraine.
KAPFENBERG, Austria — Fans still sing and dance away to Russkaja’s Soviet nostalgia beats, but the Austrian ska-punk band say their mission to bring “fun and love” has become tricky since Russia invaded Ukraine.“We were concerned. To what extent can you represent something Russian?” Moscow-born lead singer Georgij Makazaria tells AFP in a joint interview with Ukrainian bassist