Putin's IBS<p>He especially suffered from “European <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russophobia</span></a>.” The composer considered <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> itself a “beacon of freedom.”</p><p>After the full-scale invasion of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Yang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yang</span></a> supported the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian_Federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian_Federation</span></a> and posted the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> flag on his page on social networks. He also dedicated his works to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>.</p><p>Last year, the composer decided to take a desperate step: he came to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> and swam across the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Narva_River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Narva_River</span></a> in a wetsuit on an inflatable ring.</p>