MYou can insult power, ask it for forgiveness, promise it to improve – but you can't hope that it will forget or forgive. In Russia, this is shown by the case of a young musician, which the exiled news portal “Medusa” has now told about on the occasion of an extension of his prison sentence. Eduard Scharlot from Samara on the Volga is 25 years old, sings with a high voice and appeared androgynous as long as he was free.

For a long time he did not attract attention with his political statements; His best-known song is called “Cheek to Cheek,” and in the video, Scharlot ensnares a young woman. He argued with his music publisher and repeatedly pretended to have died on social media. In February 2023, Scharlot released a song in which he sings about “extremism” and makes puns that connect Russia with slavery and breasts.