Polina Gagarina is a Russian singer, songwriter, composer, actress, model, and participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where she took second place. She was born on March 27, 1987, in Moscow.
Photo: Gagarina at the "Za Rossiyu!" ("For Russia!") concert celebrating the anniversary of the occupation of Crimea
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.
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In August 2016, added to the "Myrotvorets" database for deliberately violating the state border of Ukraine to enter Russian-occupied Crimea, as well as for propagating Russian fascism and Nazism.
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Since January 7, 2023, under sanctions by Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) for anti-Ukrainian activities.
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Included in the list of Vladimir Putin's trusted persons for the 2024 presidential elections. Member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art of the Russian Federation.
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On June 24, 2024, added to the individual European Union sanctions list. The sanctions include an asset freeze and a travel ban to EU member states.
- On July 5, 2024, YouTube terminated Polina Gagarina's channel for her active participation in concerts held in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and state propaganda events.
Polina Gagarina's stance on the war in Ukraine
Supports Putin's regime, engages in state propaganda, and supports Russia's war against Ukraine.
Polina does not make direct verbal statements regarding the war in Ukraine, but actively participates in concerts supporting the so-called "special military operation" and performs in occupied Crimea. In particular, she performed at Putin's propaganda concert "Za Rossiyu!" ("For Russia!") on March 18, 2022, which endorsed the occupation of Crimea and the killing of Ukrainians.
On February 14, 2023, Gagarina was scheduled to perform a concert in Almaty, Kazakhstan. However, the propagandist's show was canceled due to public outcry from Kazakh citizens who support Ukraine.
In January 2024, she performed for wounded participants of the so-called "SVO" at the Mandryka Central Military Clinical Hospital in Moscow:
For me, this is a vital necessity. It is the calling of my heart. If I was able to bring a moment of joy and happiness to the boys and to everyone helping them recover, that is the greatest reward for me. Huge thanks to you, dear boys, for your courage, your bravery, your dedication, and your fearlessness. To say we are grateful is an understatement. An enormous, universal thank you to all of you.
What celebrities say about Polina Gagarina's stance on the war in Ukraine
These are the black holes of Russian show business... People like Polina. I don't understand—maybe they took her children hostage, maybe during that stadium performance (referring to the Luzhniki concert) they threatened to cut off her children's arms and legs. Such a talented person laid her talent on the altar of evil. Frankly, I sent her a private message: «Rest in peace.» Plus a few more «kind» words. For me, she is dead.
I cannot comprehend how Polina surrendered and sold her voice. I don't understand it, it's a complete shock to me, because, frankly, I had tremendous respect for this artist and her talent. But as I have stated before, every voice «in favor,» especially one so loud, equates in my mind to every single bullet currently killing the people of Mariupol, to every bomb that has reached Kyiv. For me, this is a tragedy. I hope that for Polina, this will also turn out to be the tragedy of her entire life.
I'll be honest. There was one person who truly astonished me. Standing on stage at Luzhniki alongside Rastorguyev, Baskov, Gazmanov, and Mashkov was Polina Gagarina. It's completely incomprehensible, honestly, why on earth she needed any of this.
