The Ukrainian parliament has approved a ban on some Russian music in the media and public venues.
The prohibition will not apply to all Russian music; rather, it will apply to music made or performed by Russian residents or those who lived in Russia after 1991.
Artists who have spoken out against Russia's conflict in Ukraine may be excluded from the ban.
The Act also makes it illegal to import books from Russia and Belarus.
Many people in eastern and southern Ukraine have always felt a deep bond with Russia, and many of them speak Russian as their first tongue.
However, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many Ukrainians have expressed a desire to distance themselves from Russian culture.
Some Russian music is prohibited from being aired or performed on television, radio, schools, public transportation, hotels, restaurants, theatres, and other public venues, according to a measure voted by MPs on Sunday.
It received 303 of the 450 lawmakers in the Ukrainian parliament's approval.
According to BBC Monitoring, the paper claims that the ban will "minimise the dangers of possible hostile propaganda through music in Ukraine" and "raise the amount of national music products in the cultural arena."
Except for musicians who are or were Ukrainian citizens at the time of their death, the prohibition will apply to musicians who have or had Russian citizenship at any point after 1991, the year Ukraine proclaimed independence.
This implies that works by Russian composers like as Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, who died long ago, can still be played.
By submitting an application to Ukraine's security agency, Russian musicians who oppose the war in Ukraine might request an exemption for their songs. According to the BBC's Ukrainian Service, they must affirm that they support Ukraine's sovereignty and integrity, call on Russia to immediately cease its aggression against Ukraine, and promise not to take any actions that contradict these written remarks.
According to Ukraine's official broadcaster (Suspilne), the document also includes legislation to boost the percentage of Ukrainian music aired on the radio to 40% and to expand the usage of Ukrainian in daily programs to 75%.
Russian novels are likewise prohibited.
In a measure that runs concurrently with the one regulating music, books imported from Russia, Belarus, and the occupied Ukrainian territory, as well as Russian-language literature imported from other nations, will be prohibited.
This legislation prohibits the publication and distribution of books authored by Russian nationals (with similar exceptions to those that apply to music), but it will not apply to works that have already been published in Ukraine.
Furthermore, book translations will be published solely in Ukrainian, official EU languages, and indigenous Ukrainian languages.
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