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Putin: praised in song as someone
who's full of strength and won't run
away from problems |
"My boyfriend had a fight/and got into a pretty mess/He got
drunk and doped himself/with some drugs/He got me to the point/that
I banished him from my side/Now I want/someone like Putin."
A pop song appeared out of the blue in Russia at the end of August
about a teenage girl who gets fed up with her boyfriend and dumps
him. Now she is looking for someone else, someone like Russian
president Vladimir Putin, someone - so the song assures us - who is
full of strength, doesn't drink, doesn't offend and who won't run
away.
The strange thing about the song - which enjoyed extensive
exposure on Russia's top radio programmes - was that it didn't seem
to have a known band behind it. The group's name, Singing Together,
mirrors...
