Nik Chernikov (Nikita Chernikov) is a Russian musician, rock artist, and video blogger. He is known as the frontman of the pop-punk/alternative band RAVANNA and the solo project Nik Chernikov Band. He was born on March 19, 1991, in Samara, Russian Federation.
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.
In 2015, Chernikov illegally visited annexed Crimea, where he filmed the video "Crimea is Ours?" for his blog. In it, he interviewed local residents and positively assessed the accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation. In the announcement for the video, he wrote "Crimea, which is undoubtedly ours."
In 2016, Chernikov was banned from entering the territory of Ukraine for a period of 5 years. He announced this on his VKontakte page with the lead-in: "Why wasn't I allowed into Ukraine? How did I piss off the Khokhols?" Despite the deportation incident, the blogger concluded that Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Russians remain "brotherly peoples."
In December 2017, Nikita Chernikov was added to the database of the "Myrotvorets" website for deliberately violating the state border of Ukraine in order to enter Russian-occupied Crimea, as well as justifying Russian aggression.
Nik Chernikov's position on the war in Ukraine
After February 24, 2022, the performer made no direct public statements regarding Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, in 2026 it became known that his musical group RAVANNA scheduled a performance in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The band officially announced a concert in Donetsk.
Organizing and holding concerts in occupied territories without authorization from Ukrainian authorities violates the legislation of Ukraine and is regarded as direct support and legitimation of the Russian occupation.
Registered on Roskomnadzor state services. This means that the state officially tracks and regulates his activities.
Но всё же хоть это и является смелым политическим заявлением, это видео с его канала удалено.
Есть перезалив: https://youtu.be/x8_L-lc-p9g?si=CgNSws5JCRcKnbtm