Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva speaks at a news conference in Moscow, March 5, 2009 to announce the end of her stage career as she approaches her 60th birthday. — Reuters picMOSCOW, March 29 — Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to consider labelling Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a “foreign agent”, a move that would officially designate Russia’s most famous star a foe of the Kremlin.
Officially labelling her a “foreign agent” would underscore the rift between the Kremlin and many — but not all — of the cultural icons of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia over Ukraine.Such a step would almost certainly need approval from the Kremlin. It has yet to opine in public on Pugacheva and could still stop the process.
The label has negative Soviet-era connotations and its bearers have to place it prominently on all content they publish. They also face arduous financial and bureaucratic requirements. Pugacheva came to the attention of Putin supporters for taking six days from Friday’s gun attack on Crocus City Hall to make a comment in public.Pugacheva was also criticised for apologising to a Tajik singer who wept over the “public torture” of the Tajik suspects detained for the attack.
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