Crimean magnificence queen fined for singing patriotic Ukrainian music
Kyiv
CNN
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A Crimean magnificence queen has been fined 40,000 Russian rubles (round $680) by occupying Russian authorities for singing the patriotic Ukrainian music “Chervona Kalyna,” in response to Russian state media and pro-Russian regional authorities.
Olga Valeeva, who was named Mrs Queen Magnificence – Crimea 2022, was spared a jail sentence as a result of she has kids who’re underage, Russian state information company TASS reported on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Inside Affairs in Crimea stated in a video that it recognized a video on-line by which “two women sang a music that’s the battle anthem of an extremist group.”
It stated that the pair have been detained on suspicion of “committing unlawful actions geared toward discrediting the usage of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in addition to publicly displaying prohibited symbols.”
They have been subsequently discovered responsible by a court docket, the ministry stated, and Valeeva’s buddy was sentenced to 10 days detention.
“Chervona Kalyna” is a patriotic Ukrainian music that has gone viral throughout Russia’s invasion, and rock band Pink Floyd has launched a canopy model.
The lyrics urge the Ukrainian nation to stand up and “rejoice” like a purple kalyna shrub (“chervona kalyna”) that’s rising in a discipline.
“In Crimea, nobody is punished for regular Ukrainian songs,” stated Oleg Kriuchkov, adviser to the Russian administration head of occupied Crimea, on Telegram Sunday.
“However! Nobody will permit nationalist hymns to be sung right here! If you wish to sing ‘Chervona Kalyna’ or ‘Our father is Bandera…’ we are going to present a platform – we are going to take you to impartial territory to Nikolaev or Zaporozhzhia. Sing all you need,” Kriuchkov added.
The Ukrainian area of Crimea was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
Since annexation, human rights observers have described Crimea’s descent right into a police state, with native authorities and Russian safety providers persecuting and arresting these perceived to be loyal to Ukraine, together with members of the Crimean Tatar group.
A 2020 US State Division report described a sample of “illegal or arbitrary killings, together with extrajudicial killings by Russia or Russia-led “authorities”; pressured disappearances by Russia or Russia-led “authorities”; torture and merciless, inhuman, or degrading therapy or punishment” in Crimea.
