George Orwell’s novel «1984» was published in 1948. Since then, this text has been turned into dramatic plays, an opera, and even a ballet — but there have been no musicals yet. Now an international creative team bringing together Russian-speaking artists and directors from seven countries is preparing it for release. The lyrics for the musical «1984» were written by poet Vera Polozkova, and the music by the leader of the band Animal Jazz, Alexey Krasovitsky

#AnimalJazz #VeraPolozkova #musical #Orwell #Russianlanguage #theater #Emigration

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The law establishing the national messenger was signed by Putin at the end of June 2025. Since yesterday, it has been fully operational in Moscow and three other regions: schoolchildren and first-year university students are required to switch to Max.

#state #dictatorship #theInternet #China #instantmessengers #Moscow #society #Orwell #Putin #Russia #freedom #Stalin #censorship #digitalsurveillance

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There was social art, now there is social arch; there were oligarchs and patriarchs – now there are social archs. Putinism is a neo-totalitarian power plus the social archization of the entire country. They were engineers of human souls – now they are specialists in «reverse» social engineering. But let’s leave this Zamyatinism and Orwellianism aside – everything in order.

#state #dictatorship #Dostoevsky #ideology #KonstantinBogomolov #neototalitarianism #society #Orwell #politicaltechnologies #postmodernism #Putinism #Russia #technocrats #thick

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