Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Буйнов, born 24 March 1950[1]) is a Russian singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known for his tenure with Vesyolye Rebyata between 1973 and 1989, before starting his solo career.

Alexander Buinov
Buinov in 2010.
Born
Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov

(1950-03-24) 24 March 1950 (age 74)
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
TitlePeople's Artist of Russia (2010)
AwardsOrder of Honour
Websitewww.buinov.ru

In the English-speaking world, he is known for his song "VDV – z neba privet" (VDV: Greetings from the Sky), which sings the praises of the Russian Airborne Troops, or VDV ("Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii"; Russian script: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ; "Air-landing Forces"), a military branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. A number of parody videos have surfaced on the Internet with the apparent music of his VDV – s neba privet, but subtitled with English lyrics mocking Russia.[2][3]

Buinov is a member of the Russian Political Party United Russia.[1] Buinov was included on a 2019 list of blacklisted people banned from performing in Ukraine due to his links to the Putin government.[4] In 2020, during the protests following the Belarusian presidential elections, Buinov recorded a song in support of Alexander Lukashenko called "Artists for Peace – Don’t Give Away Your Loved One", though his representative subsequently stated that Buinov had not known that the lyrics of the song supported Lukashenko.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Александр Буйнов". DailyShow (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  2. ^ VDV song (Updated) (anti-Russian subtitles); on YouTube; accessed 27 April 2022, video uploaded 2 March 2022
  3. ^ Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) Music Video, presumed earlier version, no subtitles; on YouTube; accessed 27 April 2022, video uploaded 7 November 2006
  4. ^ "Ukraine's "blacklist", explained". UNIAN. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. ^ "'Don't Give Away' Lukashenko, Star-Studded Music Video Tells Belarus". Moscow Times. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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