A popular Russian singer has risked a possible prison sentencing by speaking out against Vladimir Putin over the war with Ukraine.
Rock musician Yuri Shevchuk, 65, was playing a concert in Ufa to 10,000 fans when he mocked “our Caesar” and Putin's invasion - which won strong applause from the crowd.
Risking a prison sentence, under Russia ’s draconian laws, he asked the crowd: “People are now killed in Ukraine, what for?
