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Eugene Volokh

From One View of Soldiering to Another

Sergey Babkin is cofounder of 5'Nizza (apparently pronounced as the word "Friday"), a band that has been prominent in Russia and Ukraine, and around 2009 he put out a Russian-language song called "I'm a Soldier," which I think can fairly be described as focusing on the misery and pointlessness of soldiering. The YouTube version has more than 8 million views.

Then a few weeks ago, he put out a very different Russian-language language version, now up to 5 million views. (I briefly noted here why it makes sense that many pro-Ukraine songs might well be in Russian.) Have a look or listen at both:

[1.] The 2009 version:

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