In Belarus proposed to check Egor Creed for the rehabilitation of Nazism

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Belarus proposed to the Investigative Committee of the Republic to check the clip of the Russian performer Egor Creed for signs of inciting social hostility or discord, rehabilitation of Nazism, denial of genocide of the Belarusian people, as well as other crimes. This was reported by the press service of the department.

Last week, Creed published a video for the song “Dear Bastard”, in which he, among other things, appears in clothes with a stylized image of the main character of the film “Go and see”. According to the Belarusian Prosecutor General’s Office, the designers used the poster of the film, finishing the main character with a tattoo and piercing, and adding the inscription “Distance marking”.

"The demonstration of the clip caused a wide public outcry and received a negative assessment in various social networks and messengers," the ministry said in a statement.

Go and See is a Soviet military drama directed by Elem Klimov, released in 1985. The film tells about the Belarusian teenager Flore, who during the Great Patriotic War joins the partisans and witnesses the atrocities of the Nazis against the civilian population of occupied Belarus.

Creed in his Telegram channel, the actor said that he had not seen the movie “Go and see” and had not even heard about it. “For me, it was just a designer thing bought in a store that was hanging on a shelf for free sale.” I did not put any political or historical message into this image. “I am sincerely sorry that this image of mine in the video hurt someone and it is a pity that Telegram channels use such a sensitive and important topic for millions of people as an occasion for another loud headline,” he wrote.

Creed also wrote that all the footage with the longsliver in the clip was "blurred as a matter of urgency.".

In May last year, the FAS Department for St. Petersburg filed a case against Yegor Creed for whiskey in a music video. Also, UFAS officers found the absence of a mark about advertising (part 16 of Art. 18.1) and a warning about the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption (part 3 of Art. 21). Later, Mosfilm reported about the check because of the clip of Yegor Creed. The film concern noted that it did not grant the designers of the KM20 brand the right to use the image.