Mysterious loss of life of Putin-critic Russian pop star Dima Nova sparks row

Yet one other mysterious loss of life of a well-known Russian pop star and founding father of the digital music group Cream Soda, Dima Nova has raised eyebrows as a consequence of his aversion in the direction of Russian President Putin.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Mar 23, 2023 18:40 IST

Russian pop star Dima Nova’s (proper) aversion in the direction of President Vladimir Putin (left) grew to become broadly evident after he penned the tune “Aqua Disco”.

By Bidisha Saha: Adding to the incomprehensible list of strange deaths of Russian ministers, businessmen and popular celebrities who had an aversion towards the President Vladimir Putin is 34-year-old singer Dima Nova, whose real name was Dmitry Svirgunov. As per the official handle of Cream Soda on VK, the singer drowned after falling in the icy waters of the frozen Volga River while crossing it on Sunday in the village of Dievo-Gorodishche, in Russia’s Yaroslavl region.

A Russian news outlet reported that the singer along with his 25-year-old brother Roman Svirgunov, and their three other friends were all drawn under the ice by the powerful current, and was initially considered missing. Although the two other people had been rescued, the pop star was found dead along with one of his friends who died later, in the ambulance.

The singer and his fellow producer Ilya Gadayev founded Cream Soda in 2012 and have since then collaborated with other popular Russian musicians like Feduk, Alyona Sviridova, Antokha MC, and Alexander Gudkov. The official handle of Cream Soda took to VK, a Russian social media network to announce his death.

DIMA NOVA’S ANTIPATHY TOWARDS PUTIN

According to Moscow Times, comedian and Kremlin critic Alexander Gudkov used one of Dima’s song to poke fun at the Russian president over his luxury mansion referring to it as ‘Putin’s Palace’ in 2021.

Dima’s sentiments of aversion towards the Russian President were widely popular after he penned the anti-Putin song “Aqua Disco” which grew to become a widely known anthem towards Vladimir Putin. In the tune, he criticised Putin’s reported 1.3 billion greenback mansion and was sung typically in protests towards Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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In current occasions, the tune grew to become so fashionable that the protests have been referred to as ‘aqua disco parties’. The band capitalised on the outline of the mansion’s hookah lounge and a room apparently described as an “aquatic disco,” prompting Cream Soda to put in writing the tune “Aqua Disco” or “akvadiskoteka” as a satire.

There are a number of movies on social media of individuals from throughout the nation displaying some protesters brandishing bathroom brushes and chanting, “Aqua disco” – insinuating an $850 bathroom brush and elaborate fountain detailed in ‘Putin’s Palace,’ which was beforehand described in Navalny’s report.

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The Kremlin has denied the report concerning the palace and earlier scrambled to include the general public outrage over it. The video referred to as “Putin’s Palace” from Alexey Navalny YouTube channel garnered over 126 million views. “They will keep on stealing more and more until they bankrupt the entire country,” Mr Navalny says within the video, referring to Putin.

An picture of property close to Russia’s southern Black Sea that Navalny says is a palace for President Vladimir Putin. Source: Screenshot from Alexey Navalny Youtube Channel.

As per New York Post, the lyrics from the tune ship a message to Putin: “You are inviting me to the movies and for a couple of glasses. Inviting me to breathe in the shisha smoke, to chill on the covers, to watch the sunset from your marble boudoir. You just don’t understand that is very old school.”

THE GRIM STRING OF PAST RUSSIAN DEATHS

Over the yr that glided by, there have been loss of life circumstances reported of enterprise tycoons, elites, oligarchs, and different well-known individuals in eerie circumstances all around the world highlighting the enigma of Russian deaths. The frequent hyperlink between them was that all of them have been critics of Vladimir Putin.

There have been a number of broad patterns – falling off home windows, suicide and drowning in a swimming pool or water physique and hasty cremation of our bodies on the behest of the Russian embassy- individuals have been mysteriously dropping useless since Putin started his invasion of Ukraine.

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Although it isn’t doable to say if these are mere coincidences or possess some sense of connection because the occurrences have been made to seem like accidents. However, it has positively heightened tensions on the Kremlins as individuals are actually speculating Putin of silencing his critics. Other critics like Ilya Yashin, Aleksei Navalny have been slapped with heavy jail phrases and infrequently narrowly escaped loss of life or exile.

The band additionally posted images of Dima Nova and his pal Kiselev saying, “Dima and Goshi are no more.”

Edited By:

Raajnandini Mukherjee

Published On:

Mar 23, 2023