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Easy Easy Real Talk: why rappers and it-girls are the ones who can save Russian civil society

Part 1: The Rappers                                                                                                                                                         If you were to ask me what Russian rap is just a couple of months ago, I would most definitely refer you to  Timati  (who is striving to be Russian Kanye West is a well-known supporter of Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov) and, perhaps, my favorite band Grybi and their Tayet Lyod (it features squatting Slavs in tracksuits - the most famous and foreign_public_apprecaited Russian cultural reality). Everything, however, has change...