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Posters of “Elysium” with the “faqih” was found offensive

Афиши "Элизиума" с «факами» признали оскорбительными

Moscow Department of the Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS) has recognized the abusive posters Russian group “Elysium”. The decision was made by vote, which was attended by 40 people — 26 of them are found imprinted on the posters, the gesture of the soloist is invalid, according to the Rambler News Service.

Billboard announced the concert of “Elysium” in Moscow, held in December 2015. On the posters one of the musicians held out his arms with a raised middle finger. As explained in the expert Council of the FAS, he sends “a specific message to the public”.

The decision of the Council will take into account the FAS on the initiation of proceedings about an administrative offence.

The group “Elysium” gathered in Nizhny Novgorod bass-guitarist Dmitry Kuznetsov in 1995. The participants were constantly changing; now the musicians were five of us. The band released seven albums, the last in 2014. The direction of the selected “Elysium” can be described as punk rock, pop punk and reggae.

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