While Ukraine is working daily from the aggressor country, Russian artists dominate the musical charts of national streaming. The first place of Apple Music Ukraine was taken by the song Fake ID recorded by the Russian rapper Kizaru and IcegerGert. And in the top 3 Spotify Ukraine-three Russian-speaking tracks at once, two of which are from another Russian performer MadK1D.

The situation is alarming - because this is not the first such incident. Only a few days ago - April 8 - the Ukrainian chart of Apple was headed by the Homay song from Ay Yola, who does not hide his support for the Russian army. And although three days later, on April 11, Ukrainian Anna Trincher ousted the Russians from the top with her song "

The song sounds like a typical track from Tiktok - bit, criminal style, pathos and serenity. But its authors are not just musicians. Kizaru (Oleg Nechiporenko) is a Russian rapper, known for criminal background and conflicts with colleagues. In 2014, he was detained in Russia for drug trafficking. After that, he fled to Spain, where he again hit the bars. Today he is on the federal wanted list of the Russian Federation, but continues to actively tour.

Kizar has repeatedly made conflicting statements about the war in Ukraine. In the early days of a full -scale invasion in 2022, he wrote on Instagram " However, the post was subsequently deleted, and the reper itself began to avoid any political topics. However, neither in creativity nor in public statements, he did not take an unambiguous position, did not condemn the actions of Russia, did not recognize the crimes of aggression.

Icegergert (George Gergert) is a young artist who made a name on the Mix of the Military past (studied at the Suvorov School) and criminal aesthetics. His tracks are a chanting of street violence, impunity and neglect of the law. In 2023, he burst into the musical space with Tiktok hits, actively advancing through video blogs and scandals.

Songs on streaming platforms are monetized.

The more auditions, the more money the performers receive. So, Ukrainian listeners, without noticing it themselves, financially support the artists of the aggressor country, and sometimes even the army of the Russian Federation.

In addition, the popularity of such tracks in Tiktok, Reels and Shorts makes an erroneous impression that there is no war in the Ukrainian information space, or that it is “somewhere in the background”, and the enemy’s culture is acceptable if it is fashionable.