Heated debate continues around Alla Pugacheva's latest interview. According to Argumenty i Fakty, lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, who previously defended the murderers of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, believes that law enforcement agencies may conduct an investigation and even open a criminal case based on the singer's statements.
According to the lawyer, "Dzhokhar Dudayev is a terrorist, and Pugacheva expressed some words of support for him."
Agranovsky noted that similar situations have occurred in Russian law enforcement, but did not provide specific examples. The lawyer did not rule out the possibility of a linguistic examination based on the artist's statement.
"In my opinion, everything was stated quite clearly." "There were positive comments about a man who brought great trouble to our country, for which, in fact, he was designated a terrorist," the publication's source asserts, although the Russian pop star's statements did not contain a political characterization of the first president of the Chechen Republic and referred only to his personal qualities.
In Russia, the former president of Ichkeria is called a terrorist, despite the fact that he is not officially included on either the Russian or international terrorist registries.
Arguments and Facts also quotes Honored Artist of the RSFSR and State Duma deputy Elena Drapeko. She explained that stripping the Prima Donna of her People's Artist title would affect her pension. In Moscow, since January 1, 2025, holders of the titles of People's Artist or Honored Artist have received a monthly supplement of almost 42,000 rubles. Therefore, taking into account her insurance pension and additional payments, Pugacheva could receive approximately 100,000 rubles per month.
In addition to this privilege, Drapenko noted the fact that "people's artists used to be buried in a prestigious cemetery." In this context, the publication recalls that in 2022, media outlets reported on Alla Pugacheva's purchase of a plot in a cemetery in Israel. At the same time, there were previous reports of the possible creation of a family crypt at the Kuzminskoye Cemetery in Moscow, where the singer's mother and younger brother are buried.
According to Argumenty i Fakty journalists, with her latest interview, Pugacheva has definitively ruled out the possibility of returning to Russia.
Recall that Alla Pugacheva recently gave her first detailed interview since the start of the "SVO" in Ukraine and her departure from Russia. Specifically, the singer touched on the topic of the first Russian-Chechen war. In an interview for the "Skazhi Gordeyeva" channel, she spoke about her acquaintance with Dzhokhar Dudayev, describing him as a "decent, respectable, intelligent" man.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov harshly criticized Pugacheva's statement, calling her an "enemy of the people." It's worth noting that Ramzan Kadyrov had previously repeatedly stated that "President Dudayev was a real man" and "a truly great person."
Dzhokhar Dudayev headed the Executive Committee of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People (ANCP) in the fall of 1990, and in the spring of 1991, after retiring from military service, he returned to his homeland and became fully engaged in politics.
In the Chechen presidential election on October 27, 1991, Dzhokhar Dudayev won with 90.1% of the vote. Moscow did not recognize the election and declared a state of emergency in the republic, deploying special forces to Grozny on the day of Dudayev's inauguration. However, they were blocked right at the airport by Chechen volunteer units, while hundreds of thousands of Chechen residents flooded the capital to support the elected president and parliament of the Chechen Republic. Moscow was forced to withdraw its troops and lift the state of emergency.
Dudaev's first decree declared the independence of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic—Nokhchicho.
