#ЯЩЕТАЮ [#YASHCHETAYU] [English translation]

#ifink it’s all a hoax about Dimon’s mansions and sneakers1

#ifink it was Yanks who invented corrupters2

#ifink it’s all a photoshop3, and the National Guard protects all of us

I’ve been at the protest rally4 with Lenka5, sipped frothy cappuccino

Come on, what d’ya say, Dimon wears ordinary sneakers

Come on, after all, the law is the same for everyone

Come on, it’s all nuts, and no one is beaten6 by OMON7 anymore

Come on, everybody, come on!

Chorus:

I don’t give a damn8

Who’s the president of my state!

I only wish there’s no war9

There’s no war!

Wish I could survive till spring

In the space between the walls

And wish there will be no war

No war!

No f.cking war!

#ifink one has to be trained to use a gun even in pre-school10

#ifink patriotism is cool, but won’t join the Army11 on my own

#ifink the freedom of speech is to write something on Internet and delete it right away

The main thing is there’s a choice: Orthodox Church or death!

Come on, it’s all a lie, and you won’t die from a hawthorn bath lotion12,

Come on, LADA PRIORA13 is posher than PORSCHE

Come on, it’s all BS, your pension will be available to you before your funeral14,

Come on, everybody, come on!

(Chorus)

I count to hundred, there is beauty all around

I count to hundred, the sun heats the place for us

I count to hundred, what a dream of a life!

I count to hundred, I count to hundred, I think15

We don’t care, let’s elect criminal16,

(or) head chef with a huge ladle17,

(or) gym coach18, (or) blogger-theorist19,

A female, a black, or a queer,

(or) Edik20 from another apartment block,

(or) a racketeer for protection from raiding,

(or) Nastya Rybka21, (or) Lenka from the first stanza.

Yeah, even Tramp or Poroshenko22!

(Chorus)

1. - Dmitry Medvedev (“Dimon” is a vulgar/humorous diminutive form of the Russian name “Dmitry”), ex-President of Russia (2008-2012), ex-Prime Minister of Russia (2012-2020) and close friend of Vladimir Putin (who was President of Russia before Medvedev and re-elected as President in 2012).

In March 2017, Alexei Navalny (Russian opposition leader, politician and anti-corruption activist) and his Anti-corruption Foundation published an investigation of properties and residences (“mansions”) used by Medvedev and his family, called ”He Is Not Dimon To You” and released an hour long YouTube video of the subject.

The leaked information about Medvedev’s internet shopping (he ordered shirts and footwear) helped to identify his orders shipped to an address of a company controlled by Medvedev's college friend..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Is_Not_Dimon_to_You2. - Russian pro-government bloggers and mass media claims that Anti-corruption Foundation is sponsored and funded by the US State Dept. (still no evidence) and his investigations of Russian corrupted high-rank officials are fake.3. - When in 2019 Moscow municipal council (City Duma) elections took place, the Moscow City Election Commission (MCEC) refused to register most of independent opposition candidates. Numerous approved and unapproved rallies took place in Moscow, the independent sources give an estimation of 15-20 thousand participants for the largest event. The police acted harshly. Dozens of people suffered. Photos of the rally, where a large amount of protesters is depicted, was called “photoshop” by pro-government media. The protests were accompanied by massive administrative arrests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Moscow_protests 4. - The protagonist of the song, who believes pro-government media and is not interested in social/political activity, went to a protest rally “just for fun”, not being a real participant. 5. - “Lenka” - a vulgar diminutive form of a Russian name “Jelena” (= Elene/Helen), a supposed girlfriend of the protagonist6. -The verb in original lyrics is a swear word with meaning like " to beat the shit out of somebody" or so. 7. - Russian special (riot) police force, part of the National Guard of Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMON8. -The expression “(как) до луны” (literally ”as far as the Moon is”=“very far”) in context of the song has meaning “this subject doesn’t affect me” 9. - The phrase is a quotation from a writer Alexander Volodin’s play “Five Evenings”(=”Пять вечеров”, 1958). In context of late Soviet/Russian life the expression obtained meaning “we are ready to accept rather low living standards, if our state will ensure its national sovereignty” and is a part of the “sieged fortress” agenda. Also it was humorously represented in Russian folklore https://lyricstranslate.com/ru/с-неба-звёздочка-упала-sky-star-has-falle...

and Russian rock poetry https://lyricstranslate.com/ru/voyna-война-war.html-310. - Some Russian patriots have a sort of nostalgia about Soviet schools (not pre-schools), where both basic military training and military drill were practiced 11. - There is a compulsory recruitment for male citizens between 18 and 27 years old in Russian Federation, the length of military service is one year. Some persons, generally with health issues, are exempted from mandatory draft. The right to deferment from service for various reasons also exist. 12. - In December, 2016, 78 people died in a mass methanol poisoning in Irkutsk, Russia. The victims drank hawthorn scented bath lotion that was mislabeled as containing drinkable ethanol. The word ‘boyarka” (“боярка”=”hawthornie”) became an Internet meme for low-cost alcohol surrogate since then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Irkutsk_mass_methanol_poisoning13. - The questionable design and quality of Russian cars is always a permanent source of jokes in Russia.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/LADA_Priora 14. - After pension system reform in Russia (2019-2028), the age of retirement is planned to rise step-by-step from 60 to 65 years for males and from 55 to 60 years for females. The life expectancy in Russia for males (years of birth: 1958-1985) is about 64 years. The data for female retirees is a lot more optimistic15. -- Verbs “to count” and “to think/to have an opinion” are homonyms in Russian (=“считать”). 16. -The protagonist is so indifferent to the political activity that he is ready to vote for any candidate, not taking into account who the candidate is and what his political opinions are, he “just don’t care”. After the 2016 elections to the State Duma (the lower house of the Federal Assembly, Russian parliament), it appeared that 10 deputies (of 450) had a criminal record. The Council of Federation (the upper house of the Federal Assembly) in May, 2020 approved the proposal to prohibit running for the Federal Assembly’s deputy for persons with a criminal record. 17. - Yevgeny Prigozhin (aka "Putin’s chef"), Russian businessman with close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin's restaurants and catering businesses hosted dinners which Vladimir Putin attended with foreign dignitaries. Prigozhin controls a network of companies (so-called “bot farms” or “troll factories”), including three accused of interference in the 2016 United States elections, also he has been linked to a private military contractor known as “Wagner Group”.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin18. - After the 2016 elections to the State Duma , it appeared that 16 (initially 17) deputies were famous Soviet/Russian sportsmen and sportswomen (Irina Rodnina, Svetlana Jurova, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Vladislav Tretyak, Nikolay Valuyev - name a few).19. - in June, 2017 some deputies of a State Duma managed to form an advisory body named “Bloggers Counsil” and invited most popular bloggers to meet them in Duma. The idea was to establish the connections with the influencers. Most of the invited rejected the proposal20. - A diminutive form of Russian name “Eduard”(=Edward), “just a neighbor”, anyone21. - Anastasia Vashukevich (aka Nastya Rybka),a Belarusian escort, model, author etc. who, while fearing death in a Thai jail, claimed to have evidence linking Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Alexei Navalny and Anti-corruption Foundation also published an investigation and YouTube video on the subject in 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_Vashukevich22. - Petro Poroshenko, a Ukrainian businessman and politician, ex-President of Ukraine (2014-2019), Due to the scale of his business holdings, he has long been considered one of the prominent Ukrainian oligarchs and was widely criticized by Russian pro-government and Ukrainian opposition mass media. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko

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