OREANDA-NEWS  Singer Yaroslav Dronov, who performs under the pseudonym SHAMAN, commented on the awarding of the title of Honored Artist of Russia by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He posted a response on the Telegram channel.

"Just now, right during my solo concert in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded me the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation," the performer wrote.

Dronov reacted to the event with the phrase "I serve Russia!".

Earlier, SHAMAN spoke at the American embassy in Moscow to draw attention to the problem of blocking Russian authors on the YouTube video hosting. After the announcement of the decision of American leader Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, the performer said that it happened thanks to his concert.