The SBU emphasized that Baskov is one of the participants in Russian propaganda, is part of a circle of artists close to the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin, and actively supports Russian aggression, the annexation of Crimea and the violation of Ukraine’s fundamental rights to independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In particular, Basque, at the international economic forum in St. Petersburg in 2023, together with other propagandists, presented cash certificates to the Russian occupiers for the destruction of Ukrainian tanks.
In addition, he regularly spoke live on Russian television channels, calling for people to take up arms and continue the war against Ukraine, and repeatedly visited the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, giving concerts there in support of the Russian occupiers.
The propagandist also actively conducted provocative streams, discrediting Ukrainians as a nation and justifying the crimes of the Russian military.
Baskov was informed of suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
Context
Basque February 25, 2022 on Instagram came out in support full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine.
In his publication, Baskov quoted Putin’s statement “about the start of a special military operation,” after which Russian troops shelled Ukrainian cities, committing an invasion of a sovereign state.
In particular, Baskov said that he considers the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine “a peacekeeping operation and the prevention of an attack on Russia.”
March 7, 2022 court in Ukraine allowed Baskov to be detained for supporting the war. In November 2023, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky signed a decree introducing the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to deprive state awards of traitors of Ukraine, among which was the Basque.
In March 2026 oThe official account of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which is maintained by SMM manager Vladislav Dunaenko, expressed “gratitude” to Baskov for “million donations in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
“Special thanks for providing the coordinates of military strategic objects that are especially important for the Russian Federation. The guys worked successfully, and your reward is waiting for you in Ukraine. It’s not for nothing that you were once recognized as a People’s Artist of Ukraine, they always knew that you would repay,” Dunaenko then addressed Baskov.
The singer, probably afraid that all Russians would know about his “support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” deleted the comment from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
