Students expelled from Grozny college after performing a rap hit

Magomed Basnukaev and Khalimat Tepsurkaeva, students of the College of Culture and Arts, have been expelled from the college after re-singing "Propaganda", a composition by rapper Miyagi. The college bosses have explained the expulsion by a ban on video filming in the building.

The video that appeared on the Internet shows a guy and a girl in a hijab, who perform the song together, by singing its lines in turn.

Today, the Telegram channel "Mash" has posted a screen of the order to expel Magomed and Khalimat. The document is dated December 15.

According to one version, teachers disliked the text of the song performed by students; according to another one, the reason for the expulsion was a violation of the rules of the educational establishment.

"The college charter stated that video filming in the college is strictly prohibited. [...] We had claims against these students for a long time; they have three reprimands each; they had skipped classes; and this was the last drop," the "Chechnya Today" News Agency quotes Angelika Zubairaeva, the director of the college named after V. A. Tataev, as saying.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 18, 2019 at 11:58 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.