Context: Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine, winner of State Prizes of Russia, winner of the Gold Medal of Sviridov. Artistic director of the State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir, member of the Council on State Policy under the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, member of the Patriarchal Council on Culture, conductor, professor, and composer. Signed an open letter of cultural figures expressing 'support for the decision of the President of Russia to launch a military operation to denazify Ukraine and protect the republics of Donbass'. Trusted representative of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. Trusted representatives ensured the re-election of Vladimir Putin, who has pursued an aggressive policy against Ukraine since 2014, in the non-competitive presidential election on March 18, 2018.