Russian producer Joseph Prigozhin, who supported the full-scale war of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, attacked the Russian propagandist and singer of songs Shaman (Yaroslav Dronov) – Prigozhin did not like the artist’s new video. Details of the scandal were published on the page of the Russian public page “Stars Info”.
“The artist is trying to hype absolutely everything, on any news outlet, in order to cause the effect of a bomb exploding. And this is already beyond the bounds of what is permissible. Now in show business, it’s as if everyone has forgotten about the rules of decency and morality. This is just a flagrant situation when one artist is trying to pretend to be a god or someone who has the right to violate the principles of morality and conscience. I do not approve of this. I believe that the state should begin to somehow regulate the situation: what videos and clips artists should release, and what videos are absolutely unacceptable,” Putinist Prigozhin was indignant.
Who is
In November 2025, Shaman married the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, the daughter of former member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Elena Mizulina, in Donetsk, temporarily occupied by the aggressor country of the Russian Federation. Ekaterina Mizulina, notes Focus, is known for her anti-Ukrainian position and attacks on freedom of speech in Russia. On January 29, 2024, it was included in the 27-country EU sanctions list for human rights violations and “serious and systematic violations of freedom of expression.” Mizulina advocates censorship in the Russian segment of the Internet, initiating sanctions and fines for Russian media. The Mirror notes that she is “keen to stamp out criticism of the dictator, particularly in relation to the war against Ukraine.” In February 2024, a tabloid named Mizulina as the likely mistress of the illegitimate president of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
Shaman supports Russian aggression against Ukraine. He violated the state borders of Ukraine, coming with concerts to the Donbass and Kherson region. In February 2023, Dronov was in a temporarily occupied part of the territory on the left bank of the Kherson region, where he performed at a commissioned concert in support of the Kremlin regime. In February 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine informed Dronov of suspicion in absentia.
What's happened
On May 28, Shaman presented on his YouTube channel a video for the propaganda song “Mama Russia,” created with the help of artificial intelligence, in which he used the faces of Russian celebrities declared “foreign agents” by the aggressor country of the Russian Federation. In Putin’s video, the faces of “foreign agents” performing the chorus are displayed on the screen. Among them, in particular, are singer Zemfira, musician Andrei Makarevich, publicist Alexander Nevzorov and showman Maxim Galkin.
