In the past two months, the Russian Ministry of Justice has recorded… (пропаганда · наркотик · минюст)
In the past two months, the Russian Ministry of Justice has recorded numerous examples of drug propaganda, violence, and the denial of moral and ethical values in domestic rap, according to Deputy Head of the Ministry Oleg Sviridenko. Sviridenko did not specify which rappers are being referred to.
Consensus
- The Ministry of Justice has identified numerous examples of drug promotion, violence, and moral decay in Russian rap music.
- The Ministry of Justice is conducting official expert analyses of rap lyrics.
- New legislation banning the promotion of narcotics and psychotropic substances in media came into effect on March 1, 2026.
- The law applies to works published after August 1, 1990.
- Artists have engaged in self-censorship in response to the new law.
Points of divergence
- The Ministry of Justice will officially announce the names of artists involved in the issue in 2026 or 2027. — vedomosti
- The Ministry of Justice will work with other government agencies to address the issue. — kommersant
- Half of hip-hop tracks require revisions to comply with the new law, with some catalogs needing up to 80% of tracks revised. — vedomosti
- The Ministry of Justice will take action against content without proper labeling, with penalties including fines and potential criminal charges. — kommersant
Coverage (2 sources)
- The Ministry of Justice will search for drug and violence propaganda in rapper lyrics — Ведомости
- Russia's Ministry of Justice promises to solve the problem of drug propaganda and violence in rap — Коммерсантъ