The aria “Slander“ by Rossini as interpreted by Giraffe Napoleon

Giraffe Napoleon: Konstantin Fyordov - vocal, drums Alexey Belenkin - keyboard, vocal Special thanks to: Chaek Sylla – recording and mastering assistance Daniel Afrin – video work Sergey Bykovski – montage, subtitling Laura Fedorova - idea Ariadne Arendt – translation There is a terrible war happening now, the Russian army attacked Ukraine. Russia is the country where we were born and raised. Our fellow nationals... have invaded a foreign land and are wreaking death and destruction. How could this have happened? We ask ourselves this painful question. After all, Putin’s monstrous decision is supported by many people. Why? We often hear the answer – propaganda. Indeed, for many years we are constantly being told that Russia is surrounded by enemies. But what made people believe it? Propaganda? What does this word actually mean? Slander. Russian television did not just propagate, it consistently lied to people, inventing terrible crimes committe