Author’s songs by the Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev were included in the top ten “extremist materials” included in the corresponding register of the Ministry of Justice, for the dissemination of which Russians were most often brought to administrative responsibility.
In particular, Mutsuraev’s song “Jerusalem” is in sixth place – the courts imposed punishment for the publication of her recording 69 times. In total, about 30 songs by Timur Mutsuraev are banned in Russia. In their decisions, the courts point out that they are allegedly “aimed at inciting ethnic hatred, promoting separatism and terrorism.” For listening to Mutsuraev’s songs in Russia, users of social networks are regularly judged, including in Chechnya.
The top twenty regions where the most such cases were considered included two southern and one North Caucasian regions.
Timur Mutsuraev participated in the first and second Chechen wars on the side of Ichkeria, then left for Paris, but returned to Chechnya in 2007 and has since led a reclusive life.
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