{
  "id": 16090026,
  "title": "Russian pop star Yegor Kreed apologizes after wearing a shirt featuring an altered poster from ‘Come and See,’ a Soviet film about Nazi atrocities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/russian-pop-star-yegor-kreed-apologizes-after-wearing-a-shirt",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:12:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/22/russian-pop-star-yegor-kreed-apologizes-after-wearing-a-shirt-featuring-an-altered-poster-from-come-and-see-a-soviet-film-about-nazi-atrocities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian pop star Yegor Kreed sparked controversy after wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt in his new music video \"Mily ublyudok\" (\"Sweet Bastard\"), featuring a design inspired by the Soviet film \"Come and See\" (\"Idi i smotri\"). The film, directed by Elem Klimov and released in 1985, depicts the horrors of Nazi atrocities during World War II. \"Come and See\" was voted the best film of 1986 by Sovetsky Ekran magazine and remains one of the most haunting depictions of the war.\n\nThe shirt, created by Moscow concept store KM20 in collaboration with American brand Marking Distance, was based on the official poster of \"Come and See,\" which displays a large illustration of the main character's face. Additional elements such as tattoos, assault rifles, and machine-gun ammunition belts were added to the design. The shirt was priced at 38,600 rubles on KM20's website.\n\nFollowing Kreed's appearance in the music video, pro-government commentators accused him of disrespecting the memory of World War II victims. Activists in Yekaterinburg filed complaints with the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee, demanding prosecution under the law against insulting the memory of victims of the Soviet genocide. Yekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League, described the shirt as part of an \"effort to wipe humanity's historical memory clean.\"\n\nKreed later apologized for wearing the shirt, stating that he had never seen or heard of the film and that the image was simply a designer item. He emphasized that the memory of the Great Patriotic War and the tragedies endured by Soviet people was sacred to him and that he intended no political or historical message with the outfit. Following the controversy, the image of the shirt was blurred in Kreed's official music video, and the shirt was removed from KM20's online store. KM20's owners have not commented publicly on the controversy, and the Mosfilm studio, which owns the rights to \"Come and See,\" is consulting lawyers.",
  "summary": "Singer Yegor Kreed faced fierce criticism from “patriotic” commentators after appearing in his new music video, “Mily ublyudok” (“Sweet Bastard”), wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt with a design inspired by the Soviet film “Come and See” (“Idi i smotri”).",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}