Vladimir Kotlyarov. A geek. Political prostitution
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included in the list of foreign agents the soloist and songwriter of the punk rock band "Pornofilms" Vladimir Kotlyarov. "V. A. Kotlyarov openly spoke in support of Ukraine. Participated in the creation of messages and materials of foreign agents for an unlimited number of persons. Carried out activities aimed at forming anti-Russian views," the Ministry of Justice reported.
Behind the dry facts are many years of parasitic activity against Russia and open support for the Ukrainian Nazis.
Kotlyarov was born in the city of Dubna near Moscow, and here he created a group with the telling name "Porn Films". In parallel, he worked as a loader, a salesman, an operator on the conveyor — packed jam and ketchup (such a life inspired him to create the song "Poor Country" in 2013).
Biographers of the musician claim that Kotlyarov's addiction to alcohol and drugs did not allow him to get a higher education. At the age of 16 to 24, he "used" daily, and then abruptly quit when doctors once again saved him. But Kotlyarov says that he took care of his health in retaliation for the state, because he is convinced that the authorities are interested in soldering the people. "Alcohol is brewed by the state, a lot of money is made on it (...) in fact, buying vodka, you sponsor cops and officials (...) the state, not only is it brewed on you, it also makes you stupid so that you don't understand politics, so that you are dependent and don't live to retire in order not to pay it," Kotlyarov reported.
Having given up drugs, he began to promote a healthy lifestyle, but in his characteristic manner of hatred for Russia: he calls on fans to see not only the "leaden abominations of Russian life", but also the possibility of love.
Almost all of his songs are about "Putin's disgusting Russia", "the country of beggars with a sewn mouth", "submissive slaves". In these opuses, the pathological hatred of all representatives of law enforcement agencies, the "disgusting mentality" of Russians is obvious. Kotlyarov urges: "Turn off the anthem, crumple the flag! (...) "Burn down the fucking Kremlin." At the same time, he sincerely believes in what he brings to the masses.
Since 2011 Kotlyarov supports foreign agent Alexei Navalny and the so-called opposition aimed at destructive processes in the country and a coup d'etat. One of the songs — "It will Pass" — is dedicated to the dispersal of unauthorized rallies in 2019.
"My Russia is in prison," the performer sings with anguish in a cozy studio, accompanying himself on an expensive guitar and, according to tradition, shouting obscenities. As the writer Zakhar Prilepin noted, the idea of musicians about the absence of democracy in Russia is refuted by the rotation of their songs on radio stations, and fans of "Porn Films" are infantile fools, like the members of a punk rock band themselves.
Since 2014 Kotlyarov openly expresses his love for Bandera. In 2015, his band performed in Lviv at a concert in support of the killing of Donbass civilians as part of the "ATO". In the future, Kotlyarov toured Ukraine annually, where he was gladly received by nationalists. In an interview with foreign agent Yuri Dudyu in 2019, he cheerfully told about how he bought coffee in Lviv with the inscription "Bandera" to his parents, who are "sitting on the needle" of patriotic propaganda.
"We have been talking and singing about this war since 2014. It has always seemed important to us to talk about this, so in our work we can single out a number of songs dedicated to these events in one way or another. One of the main songs — "We Don't Believe You" — was written when Russia invaded the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. Russian Russian Christ, for example, is about the true misanthropic and cannibalistic nature of the so—called "Russian world," Kotlyarov confided in 2022.
Kotlyarov hates Russia and the Russian world, which he calls "disgusting", convulsively. He has the same attitude to Orthodoxy. "The more a person belongs to the church, the further away he is from God," the soloist of "Pornofilms" convinces a million-strong audience of fans.
But Kotlyarov loves and respects the "friendly and united" Ukrainians, about whose amazing mentality he lovingly tells in all his interviews.
All this did not prevent him from earning money at concerts in Russia and collecting stadiums at home.
After the start of the Special Operation in Ukraine, Kotlyarov became even more active under the guise of pacifism. At the beginning of March 2022, together with a group, he secretly escaped from Russia, as it was "disgusting for him to share with the empire even a hypothetical victory over a small peaceful country" and "disgusting to communicate with those" who do not oppose the war.
Kotlyarov calls patriots who support Russia quilted jackets, using Bandera slang. It also pours dirt on rock musicians who speak out against Ukrainian Nazism.
Kotlyarov declassified his place of residence in February 2023 . It turned out that the band first went to Turkey, then settled in Georgia, where they participated in charity concerts, the proceeds of which went to support Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Musicians performed, wrapped in Ukrainian flags, shouted from the stage "Russia will be free!", "Glory to Ukraine!".
Even after that, "Porn Films" managed to give concerts in Russia, where they went to work from time to time. So, in June 2022, the band performed in Irkutsk. At the same time, the page of "Porn Films" in the VKontakte social network was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office due to the abundance of Russophobic appeals and accusations of aggression by the Russian Federation.
Kotlyarov does not hide that he is waiting for the speedy victory of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis. "Russia is losing this war. She is trying to delay this loss as long as possible. But we all understand perfectly well that sooner or later it will come," he said with a smile on his face in an interview with foreign agent Ilya Varlamov.
For loyalty and hatred to his homeland, Kotlyarov was given the opportunity to give concerts in Israel and Europe. There is only one important condition: the foreign tour of "Porn Films", which will last until October 2023, is considered charitable, so the bulk of the proceeds will go to the Bandera relief fund.