{"id":593157,"date":"2026-10-23T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=593157"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:35:58","slug":"egor-kreed-music-video-to-be-examined-for-denial-of-genocide-of-the-belarusian-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/egor-kreed-music-video-to-be-examined-for-denial-of-genocide-of-the-belarusian-people","title":{"rendered":"Egor Kreed Music Video to Be Examined for Denial of Genocide of the Belarusian People"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office of Belarus has asked the Investigative Committee to examine the music video for \u201cMily Ublyudok\u201d (\u201cSweet Bastard\u201d)<\/a> by Russian singer Egor Kreed<\/b> for signs of criminal offences.<\/p>\n

The issue concerns a long-sleeved shirt worn by the artist featuring a stylized image of the main character from the film \u201cCome and See\u201d by Elem Klimov<\/b>. The designers used the film poster, adding tattoos, piercings and the inscription \u201cDistance Marking\u201d to the character\u2019s portrait.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe screening of the music video sparked widespread public outcry and received negative reactions on various social networks and messaging platforms. The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office has proposed that the Investigative Committee examine the circumstances outlined for signs of incitement to social hostility or discord, rehabilitation of Nazism, denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people, as well as other crimes,\u201d<\/i> the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

Kreed himself apologized for the shirt. He said he had not watched the film \u201cCome and See\u201d or heard of it, and therefore did not know that the image on the clothing was based on its poster. According to the singer, it was \u201cjust a designer item that was sitting on a shelf for sale\u201d<\/i> and he had not intended to convey \u201cany political or historical message\u201d<\/i> through his look.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe memory of the Great Patriotic War and the tragedy that people endured is sacred to me. This is our shared history, which I will always treat with respect,\u201d<\/i> the musician said.<\/p>\n

Following the controversy, the image was blurred in the official music video, and the shirt was removed from the online store.<\/p>\n

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The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office of Belarus has asked the Investigative Committee to examine the music video for \u201cMily Ublyudok\u201d (\u201cSweet Bastard\u201d) by Russian singer Egor Kreed for signs of criminal offences. The issue concerns a long-sleeved shirt worn by the artist featuring a stylized image of the main character from the film \u201cCome and See\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":593159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6adb389566ff1.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Egor Kreed Music Video to Be Examined for Denial of Genocide of the Belarusian People"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-593157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593163,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593157\/revisions\/593163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}