A patriotic organization called the Fund for the Protection of National Historical Heritage told state news agency TASS on Thursday that it had asked the prosecutor’s office to investigate whether a song by a famous Russian comedian satirizing Russia’s war in Ukraine and its supporters discredits the military, Reuters reports.

Semyon Slepakov’s song is called “Lullaby” and with dark irony compares Russia to a mother who glorifies the idea of ​​death on the battlefields of Ukraine and believes that it is the duty of her sons to give their lives. for their greatness.

The Foundation for the Protection of National Historical Heritage believes that the song violates the law, which provides for up to five years in prison for defamation of the armed forces.

There was no immediate response to the complaint from the prosecutor’s office or the Ministry of Justice.

Lawmakers and talk show hosts on state television have also called on the authorities to take action against Slepakov, who works in Israel, after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine on February 24 last year in what it calls a “special military operation”.

“Mother Russia” makes traitors to its “sons” of IT people in Europe, who “sell the Motherland for a latte”

In the song, which includes the line “there’s nothing better than dying in battle,” a mother figure representing Russia tells her three-year-old son that she’s sorry he’s too young to fight, calls her middle son a traitor because he’s become IT worker. in Europe, thanks his eldest son for the fact that he died in Ukraine.

“And your older brother went to war under a contract. He didn’t sell his homeland for a latte and cheesecake. He stood for friends and truth. And what they say about him is not true,” sings Slepakov, famous in Russia. for his musical satire and was a regular guest on Russian television.

You can read the lyrics in English here.

The Patriotic Fund claimed that the lyrics of the song mocked the sincere feelings of Russians who are ready to sacrifice their lives for their country.

Slepakov has more than 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube, where a video of him playing the song on guitar has been viewed more than 700,000 times since it was posted on Tuesday, and tens of thousands of times on other platforms.

Some listeners left offensive comments under the video, while others thanked Slepakov for, in their opinion, an intelligent anti-war song.

– Hold on, Semen! wrote a listener named Polina. “They (critics) will now come at you from all sides.”