Asti (Anna Dzyuba) is a Russian singer of Ukrainian origin, former lead vocalist of the group Artik & Asti. Born on 24 June 1990 in Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR. In 2013, she relocated to Moscow. In 2020, she married Russian businessman Stanislav Yurkin. In October 2023, she obtained Russian citizenship.
Listening to this artist's tracks on official streaming platforms, social media, and other services indirectly contributes to financing the war — through taxes paid to the budget of the Russian Federation.
Anna Asti's stance on the war in Ukraine
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she has remained silent about the war in her native country.
Return to Russia
During the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion, she was in Ukraine. Despite experiencing the bombardments firsthand, the singer soon left Ukraine and returned to Russia, where she continued to live, work, and pay taxes into the budget of the aggressor state.
Actions after the war started
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Disabled comments on her Instagram posts, fearing severe backlash from the Ukrainian public.
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In 2023, obtained Russian citizenship.
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Founded her own music label in Moscow, Fenix Music.
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Recorded a duet with prominent Putin supporter Philipp Kirkorov.
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Continues to work in Russia and pay taxes into the budget of the aggressor state.
Inclusion in the "Myrotvorets" database
In October 2023, she was added to the database of the Myrotvorets website for aiding Russian occupiers,
denying Russian aggression against Ukraine, and violating Ukrainian legislation regarding citizenship by obtaining a second citizenship.
Other controversies
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On TikTok, she published a video playing a "Guess the Word" game in which she mocked Ukrainian words. She ridiculed words like "parasolka" (umbrella) and "likhtaryk" (flashlight), claiming that one of the funniest words, in her opinion, was "pidozra" (suspicion).
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Following her attendance at the controversial "almost naked party" hosted by Nastya Ivleeva, Anna Asti's concerts and corporate bookings across Russia began to be canceled. Unlike most other participants who published video apologies, Asti chose complete silence and temporarily traveled abroad.
Return to the stage (2024)
In March 2024, the singer resumed her public activities. While avoiding appearances in occupied territories and refraining from political statements, she donated funds to the "Doctor Liza" foundation and established the "Phoenix" charitable fund in collaboration with Irina Volynets, the children's rights commissioner for Tatarstan.
The singer subsequently resumed performing at private corporate events and touring across Russia without hindrance.
Conclusion
Anna Asti has not made public declarations in support of the war; however, she has never condemned the Russian invasion either. After the outbreak of the full-scale war, she returned to Russia, acquired Russian citizenship, pursued her commercial career there, and collaborated with prominent artists backing the Kremlin regime. For these reasons, her stance is classified under the category "Disputed": while there is no overt rhetorical support for the war, her practical actions can hardly be described as neutral.
What celebrities say about Anna Asti's stance
That Asti is utterly done for. It's just complete trash. I'll tell you a secret right now. She spent the first days of the war in Ukraine under bombs with her Russian husband and her family. They were sitting in a basement. This is reliable information. And you, b*tch, were sitting under bombs during the war, and then you come to Russia and release a music video with Kirkorov. To me, she is the biggest rat
She was in Kyiv with her husband Stanislav. On 24 February, she left the capital for Cherkasy, where she is originally from. To say goodbye to her parents. She didn't take her mother or any of her relatives with her. Then she headed to western Ukraine, from there to Poland, then to Kaliningrad, and by ferry made her way to Saint Petersburg... Philipp Kirkorov was so brazen that he proposed Anna release a joint single on 8 March, to which Asti reacted extremely negatively
А почему эти бездарные очередные поющие трусы, выступающие с *етниками убрали из "За войну"? Она активно участвует во всей "движухе", продвигает все эти блевотные фесты - почему у вас и целый ряд талантливых людей, которые игнорирует это г::но в "спорных"и эта продажная пустая дрянь? В чем тогда смысл сайта?
Как по мне, тут однозначно за войну. Она выехала из Украины в рф после 2022 да ещк и после обстрелов и потом еще и с открытым *етником Киркоровым фит делала. В *етники ее!!!
Спасибо