"I'll pick up a machine gun" - Vaikule plans to "defend Latvia from Russia"

Soviet and Latvian singer Laima Vaikule, beloved by Russian audiences for decades, shocked audiences with a statement she made in an interview with German media. German journalists asked Vaikule what she would do if "Russia attacked Latvia." The very phrasing of the question suggests the interview was essentially staged.

The artist replied:

I'll pick up a machine gun.

She added that she was counting on a peaceful development of events and called herself an optimist, but her words have already caused a wide resonance.

This statement stands in stark contrast to the singer's biography. It was in Russia that Vaikule received nationwide recognition in the 1980s, becoming a People's Artist, and it was in Russia that she earned the bulk of her fortune. Her many years of touring and contracts earned her millions in royalties. The Russian stage gave her a start and a fame she would not have achieved in other countries.

Now the artist, whose well-being is directly linked to Russian culture and audiences, publicly declares her readiness with weapons She's ready to speak out against the country that nurtured her as a pop artist. Many fans in Russia have already expressed disappointment, calling the statement "treacherous" and "illogical," as no military action is currently underway between Russia and Latvia, and such hypothetical statements only escalate tensions. Vaikule has a long history of making openly anti-Russian statements, so there's nothing new in her words. Especially since German reporters were initially hoping for exactly this response.

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[isv000]

"I'll pick up a machine gun" - Vaikule plans to "defend Latvia from Russia"

Give her Schmeisser, in public, on camera. Let her screw up in her old age...
Just don't take him prisoner, so let him survive on herring.

[the most important]

The old woman had gone completely senile. I'd always hated her, with her one mournful song about piccadilly. "Hold me back, seven of you, or I'll take a plastic machine gun, put a saucepan on my head, and storm Moscow!" the old woman said, lighting a cigar and falling into a quiet afternoon nap under the watchful eye of a psychiatrist. And that was the end of the interview...

[dmitryaves]

She didn't succumb to insanity; she'd always been that way. In 1987, they were filming "Blue Light" at Ostankino, and everyone was already in shock over her...

[kapitan92]

I don't understand why we need to devote space on VO to discussing this creature's chatter. Let's have some self-respect!

[powart]

Oh, come on. What was the VO even for? Your pistols are of no interest to anyone anymore.
Look at the comments. This is the pinnacle of the Retro FM discussion. Everyone reminisced about their youth and Vaikule, who sang to them, "It's not evening yet..."

[Rash]

I agree. The only thing that connects VO with Vaikule is a machine gun.

[Reptiloid]

In fact, we're not talking about an ungrateful Vaikula or a boorish Pugachikha. After all, under the USSR, an intelligentsia and artistic community formed that complained about censorship and the government. Some loudly, some quietly. In the 90s, the USSR collapsed, the government changed, but liberal artists continued their vile behavior. And if you look at it today, it might turn out that all this anti-Russian liberalism in the country begins with higher education. And how many professors are both pro-Ukrainians and non-warriors? And what kind of students will we have, and then artists, writers, and others?

[Il'nur]

They remembered their youth and Vaikule, who sang to them, “It’s not evening yet..”

The mere mention of which immediately made me feel sick. What memories could there be if, even when she sang, I wanted to turn off that prasmandovka...

[AllX_VahhaB]

We need to follow the example of the US – cancel culture! Strip all copyrights, remove all works from everywhere, cut yourself from everywhere... and block any mention in any media!
The goal is to exclude the object of condemnation from social and professional life, effectively “erasing” him from the information space.

[ARIONkrsk]

Quote from: AllX_VahhaB

We need to follow the example of the US – cancel culture! Strip all copyrights, remove all works from everywhere, cut yourself from everywhere... and block any mention in any media!
The goal is to exclude the object of condemnation from social and professional life, effectively “erasing” him from the information space.

Who will remove her if a huge part of the government is liberal and supports her opinions.

[Pravodel]

Why give up space on VO to discuss this creature's chatter? Let's respect ourselves!

That's absolutely true. The world is full of freaks and mentally ill people, so don't turn this site into a dumping ground for such idiots!
Another thing is that, in accordance with the recent law on foreign agents, our law enforcement agencies should check for accounts, real estate, etc., on Russian territory, since I believe this crazy singer is unlikely to live on a pension from the happy and very, very rich Latvia...

[Rostov Papa]

Eh, I'll swing by the barracks, said the old mop...

[Mazunga]

I'll take a parachute into my company)) I earned what I worked for

[LaraM]

In 1987, they filmed Blue Light in Ostankino, and everyone was already shocked by it...

Who wasn't shocked back then, name them? All 14 sister republics? Everyone hated Russia. The question is: are we that bad? And in 91, everyone left the Union with relief and didn't give a damn about it.

[dmitryaves]

Nothing of the sort. The people didn't want to come out. The elites had sold out. The party had rotted. In Tallinn, for example, 60 percent of the population was ethnic Russian. Where were they supposed to come from? If it hadn't been for Gorbachev, there would have been no Baltic secession. And if there had been any real people in the State Emergency Committee, there wouldn't have been Belovezhskaya Pushcha either. And Vaikule was just always a fool.

[ugol2]

Quote: the most important

The old woman has gone insane.

The question was asked: "What if Russia attacks Latvia?"
The answer was: "I'll pick up a machine gun."
What's wrong? What's wrong with her?

Ask any Russian, Tatar, Chechen, or, in short, Russian citizen, the question: "If Kyrgyzstan, China, Uzbekistan, or the USA... attacks Russia?"
The answer "I'll pick up a machine gun" seems quite logical and patriotic.

Or am I wrong?

P.S. As is the question, so is the answer.
The real question is, how would she respond to "If Germany attacked Latvia?" If she did, then there shouldn't be any questions about this Latvian citizen.

[Astra55]

Someone said:
Smart people discuss what was said in the comments.
Not very smart - the personality of the one who said it...

Now let's look at the "minuses" - how many smart people are here.
By the way, this also applies to the author of the article.
And what is this news doing on VO anyway?

[Netl]

Quote: Astra55

This news is doing great on VO.

This news shows the attitude towards the Russian Federation in the Baltics in general and towards the SVO in particular.

[Sensor]

[quote]Someone said:[/quote]
Eleanor Roosevelt said
[quote]Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and weak minds discuss people.
[/ Quote]

[quote]"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling events but fails to recognize great ones."[/quote] Gilbert Chesterton (1874–1936), English Christian thinker, journalist, and writer[/quote]

[Brother]

Well... well, why are you like that? He's an experienced "specialist" and has a monument for his "services" in his homeland!
Latvia. Jurmala. Sculpture - Laima at work!

[Sensor]

This is not Vaikule, but the idea of ​​freedom for Latvians.

[carpenter]

Quote: the most important

Grandma's gone completely nuts. I've always hated her, with her one and only mournful song about 'Pikadilli.'

What's better than Pugachev and his fellow relatants? Many of them live there and receive their income from Russia. Lazarev, for example, became the owner of an apartment in the luxury complex The Floridian Condo on the Miami Beach coast. He lives in Russia, but receives his income in dollars.

[Alexander Shcherbakov]

Her old hands can't even lift a damn thing, let alone a machine gun.

[Alex F._2]

In the photo, she already looks like a patient in ward #6. They should sew her sleeves up and tie them behind her back, instead of giving her a weapon - she'll break it or hurt herself on it...

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: isv000

So let him make do with herring.

read it first, even if it was on a ROLLING PIN he's making ends meet and is very thoughtful

[esso]

She's sorry, she can't lift a harder dick than her fucker, the woman is afraid that they'll forget about her...

[isv000]

Quote: Esso

She's sorry, she can't lift a harder dick than her fucker, the woman is afraid that they'll forget about her...

Looking at the aunt, there might not be any candidates for lifting work...

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: isv000

"I'll pick up a machine gun" - Vaikule plans to "defend Latvia from Russia"

Give her Schmeisser, in public, on camera. Let her screw up in her old age...
Just don't take him prisoner, so let him survive on herring.

I wonder, if you were asked what you would do in the event of a NATO attack on Russia, what would you answer?

[Button]

Quote: isv000

And give her a Schmeisser

He took a saber, he took a sharp blade and stabbed himself...(c)

[Rockerman]

And the country considered this bitch a pop star for so many years!

[Starover_Z]

Quote: RockerMan

And the country considered this bitch a pop star for so many years!

After all, over the decades of work, she couldn’t help but buy real estate in Russia...
So now it’s really possible to arrest her for her skin, accounts and property, and then deport her to her homeland, and let whatever Russian she had stay in Russia!
Ending a career like Bender - branzulettes! No point in barking at the people who feed you!

[your1970]

Quote: Starover_Z

So now it’s really possible to seize her skin, accounts and property, and then deportation her to her homeland, and what she had that was Russian, let it remain in Russia!

She is about 30 years old does not live in Russia

[Free Island]

And many of the "stars" turned out to be rats... It's probably not for nothing that the Bible considers acting a great sin. They are two-faced, these actors, these artists, deceitful. Not real. I can't remember all their names now, but off the top of my head, all those Pugachevs, Galkins, Varums, Serebryakov (he really came to his senses in time, or realized that no one needed him abroad, before he had time to slander a couple of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he returned to Russia), then that pretzel who played a priest in "Penal Battalion"... He was also a good actor, sincere, but in the end, he and his wife also managed to do some shit together, Urgant, Makarevich, then the actor who played the lead role in the 9th Company (Smolyaninov, I think), the pretzel who played in "Storm Gate" - into the same furnace, in short, you'll get tired of listing them. These Vaikule ones😂😂🤷🤷🤷

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Free Island

It is probably not for nothing that the Bible considers acting a great sin.

In Rus', buffoons were buried exclusively outside the cemetery fence.

[Ovsigovets]

The guy who played in the Thunderstorm Gates is a Ukrainian native - screw him... the rest are from Soviet times and Russian (more precisely, Vyrusi) - that's where the trash is

[Bayun]

Simply put. They are NOT RUSSIAN - in SPIRIT.

P.S.: Makarevich and Galkin may turn out to be "Stirlitz" characters.

[B-15]

Can not.
If you had known about the development of the car and Makarevich’s behavior in the 70s, you would not have written this.

[Bayun]

That's the whole point, I know. People like that believe in God in the morning, in Allah by lunchtime, and are atheists in the evening.

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: RockerMan

And the country considered this bitch a pop star for so many years!

Yes, they liked the way she sang. Most people in the USSR and Russia did. Her hatred of Russia is hard to understand. Fame, money, and everything else that came with it all came from the USSR and Russia. And all this time she smiled at us, drank and ate, fed her lovers, and dressed in the best clothes thanks to the love of her Russian fans for her work. This Vaikule would have been nothing or no one in another country. A chanson singer in a brothel. Which is what she originally was, in a Latvian cabaret.

[carpenter]

Quote: RockerMan

And this xxxxxx country was considered a pop star for so many years

Pugacheva, Grebenshchikov, Makarevich, Laboda, Bykov and this is only a small part of those named.
We loved them, respected them, but they turned out to be traitors.

[Ady66]

With all my disrespect for Makar, I still like Mashina Vremeni's songs. He wasn't the only one who wrote them, after all. And forgetting Mashina is like forgetting Russian music and culture; it's like becoming like Western democrats who ban everything Russian.

[carpenter]

Quote: Ady66

With all my disrespect to Makar, I still like Mashina Vremeni's songs.

To each his own, personally I never liked either Pugacheva or "Time Machine".

[YES UZH]

They have their own hangouts, this one with Leshchenko, Vinokur, and other cronies... It's not enough to earn money; you need to save it, especially when you're no longer earning it. So she's trying to look loyal, otherwise they'll take it from her grandma. If she had savings in Russia, she'd sing differently. What can you expect from them? In general, you need to bring goodness into the home, not out of it with the help of rootless cosmopolitans, officials, and oligarchs. And what's taken out of the home, it's essential to return it by any means necessary, so it doesn't happen again. Like the Chinese.

[tralflot1832]

Vaikule knows what restitution is, by the way. She experienced it herself, or rather, the process was carried out on her.

[poquello]

Quote: tralflot1832

Vaikule knows what restitution is, by the way.

I don't know about prostitution, but they say she slept with the entire Zalgiris basketball team

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: poquello

but with the entire Zalgiris basketball team

TOGETHER?!!!!!!!!!!

[poquello]

Quote: Vasilenko Vladimir

Quote: poquello

but with the entire Zalgiris basketball team

TOGETHER?!!!!!!!!!!

There was no sex in the USSR! So, one at a time, purely for love.

[Aag]

Quote: poquello

Quote: tralflot1832

Vaikule knows what restitution is, by the way.

I don't know about prostitution, but they say she slept with the entire Zalgiris basketball team

You, why are you bringing this crap here?
"Zalgiris" is a Lithuanian team. Vaikule is Latvian. Why didn't you bring up the Uzbeks?!
Yes. I danced in the varita. I don't know what happened there, but unlike you, it seems I didn't hold a candle.
Do you have anything to say about the essence of the article?
This perfectly applies to many of the commentators. How would you answer a question like this(?): "...if your country were attacked..."?!

Let me reiterate: we are not discussing this character's moral and business qualities for now! The discussion, in my opinion, concerns the topic of the article (its highly biased, far-fetched nature).
How would you answer such a question?!
Regarding all the "evil" commentators... Have you received the "FAS" command?
But once upon a time we listened with delight to Vaikule, Makarevich, and Slepakov...
Without rejecting their merits, ~ understanding... dissent, BUT, - not forgiving betrayal(!): do not become sheep yourselves, please... - where the shepherd turned, - there and with bleating, the flock, - for the first time! (And period, - where they turn, - where they point)...

[poquello]

Quote: poquello

They say she slept with the entire Zalgeris basketball team

Quote: AAG

Why are you bringing this crap here?
"Zalgiris" is a Lithuanian team. Vaikule is Latvian. Why didn't you bring up the Uzbeks?!

I'm going to spout nonsense below, read carefully. Žalgeris is a Soviet band, Vaikule is a Soviet singer.

Quote: AAG

Yes. I danced in varita.

This huge hole has been sleeping with her since she was 14, and rumors are silent about the age she hasn't let a single man pass her by.

Quote: AAG

But once upon a time, we listened with delight to Vaikule

Are you kidding? There was nothing else to listen to? And Slepakov is a complete loser.

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: poquello

Žalgeris was a Soviet band, Vaikule was a Soviet singer.

The USSR no longer exists... and has for a long time... well, that's if you don't know why... therefore, in essence, she is a Latvian citizen, not of our country (and never was), and that's how she should be perceived, as well as her statements... and to betray... Well, if the USSR existed today, one could say so... but to betray a country that no longer exists - that's not possible, no matter how much you want to, especially being a citizen of another country and never having Russian citizenship...
P.S. I never liked her, nor her songs, but at the same time I am for an adequate perception of the world around us.

[poquello]

Quote: Level 2 Advisor

I, however, am for an adequate perception of the world around us.

So take it seriously, there was such a Soviet singer, today there is such a Latvian granny

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: poquello

So take it seriously, there was such a Soviet singer, today there is such a Latvian granny

Well, that's how I see it... for a Latvian granny, she behaves quite adequately. You shouldn't expect a Latvian granny to behave like a Soviet singer, especially since they've been around for a long time now - they're all citizens of other countries. Well, no... there are apparently some people who never received other passports - after the USSR, but they were apparently declared outlaws. And I'm not sure about singers among them.

[Dart]

Lawyer, log out

[carpenter]

Quote: AAG

But once upon a time we listened with delight to Vaikule, Makarevich, and Slepakov...

In the Union, General Vlasov was once a respected man until he became a traitor.
All these singers, dancers and this elite who ate from the Union's trough, if they left the country, they would have been better off keeping quiet.

[Aag]

Quote: carpenter

Quote: AAG

But once upon a time we listened with delight to Vaikule, Makarevich, and Slepakov...

In the Union, General Vlasov was once a respected man until he became a traitor.
All these singers, dancers and this elite who ate from the Union's trough, if they left the country, they would have been better off keeping quiet.

Are you by any chance writing from Estonia?
So who abandoned whom? The citizens the country, or the country the citizens?!
Let me repeat - I'm not defending this person! I've said a lot of things before this! (For which I condemn them).
In the context of this article, what did she say that was reprehensible?
And, - one more question: with the flow of information on TV now, - don’t you think that history will repeat itself with different, now media personalities?!

[tralflot1832]

Vaikule tirelessly fed the USSR; she had everything under control by the end of the USSR. Then independence came, and there was a knock on the door of her villa – relatives of the owners of this property from the 30s and 40s – and they kicked her out into the cold, along with her dogs. (The Balts immediately passed a restitution law to renounce their Soviet legacy.) And Vaikule had to work again to make up for the losses. Here she had to split into two, and maybe even three, to avoid going broke. She never returned to normal after this stress; what can you expect from a sick person? We ignore it.

[Polite Moose]

Quote: tralflot1832

We don't pay attention.

Support!

if "Russia attacked Latvia"

If Vaikule had any gender characteristics, she would be Vaikulis.

[carpenter]

Quote: tralflot1832

The Balts immediately adopted a law on restitution to renounce their Soviet legacy.

Lands, houses, and businesses were returned, but not to everyone, although they were given compensation.
My captain's parents owned a house and a brewery in one of the republic's cities, but the brewery and the house weren't returned; the new mayor was already living there. The compensation was 70,000 crowns, or less than $7,000.

[Shooting]

And take the Galkins and Makareviches straight to your department to instill more fear in the enemy.

[Free Island]

Galkin is dangerous. He's been "valiantly fighting" in the IDF against "Palestinian terrorists" for three years now, as befits a true Israeli citizen.

[tralflot1832]

Laima Vaikule didn't earn a single ruble or a penny from me. "WHAT A PASSAGE!"

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: tralflot1832

Laima Vaikule didn't earn a single ruble or a penny from me. "WHAT A PASSAGE!"

It's scary to think that half of this site was involved in enriching today's musical relocators.

[Angestyr]

Why show such a creepy face at night? I'll have nightmares tonight. Brrrrrrr

[Alex F._2]

This is the second most powerful Tribaltian weapon, a psychic one. The first most powerful is the harsh picket fence on the border.

[Fangaro]

And what will Soviet Estonians, Moldovans, Georgians, and Armenians answer to such a provocative question?

[Aag]

Quote from Fangaro

And what will Soviet Estonians, Moldovans, Georgians, and Armenians answer to such a provocative question?

How would you answer such a question?!
Well, let's say, what if Moldova had attacked the Russian Federation? / Would it have "lain" further, longer, would they have sorted it out without me?
No..., really, how was she supposed to answer?
And why?...

[Bear]

Just the other day, around 2014, a certain Yulia-kosa threatened to destroy us with a nuclear bomb. Well, a worthy successor has appeared. It's contagious and there's no cure.

[hostel]

It's time to cut off the oxygen supply to this "wonderful diva" here in Russia. Let her go to Europe, take off her pants, and prance around the square.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: alberigo

Let him go to Europe, take off his pants and jump around in the square.

The thing is, in Europe, no one needs them for free, they have enough of their own, God forgive me, she was an ordinary whore from the stage, who by chance ended up on the big stage

[ANB]

She was an ordinary whore from the variety

That's the wrong term. Prostitutes charge money for sex. That's their job.
I remember Vaikule from her very beginnings on stage, when I was still young. Who would pay such a monster? So, everything is free, and that's called something else.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Prostitutes take money for this, but being a whore is a state of mind.

[ANB]

Prostitutes charge money for this, but being a whore is a state of mind.

These are synonyms. "Free" is called something else, is considered profanity, and is prohibited in comments. :)

[poquello]

Quote: ANB

Prostitutes charge money for this, but being a whore is a state of mind.

These are synonyms.

not really, it is also used for honest prostitutes

[cocks]

The light in Grandma's attic went out long ago. Just as the USSR fed us with its own money, the cuckoo flew away.

[cocks]

In fact, it's a Spanish shame. These aging, or frankly old, freaks: Pugacheva, Vaikule, and smaller-caliber guys like Nazarov. Come on, behave with dignity; you have real things to be proud of in your lives. But no, so you listen. It's both embarrassing and disgusting.

[Totor5]

Her career took off after her work at the famous Baltic striptease cabaret, which was a favorite destination for bigwigs from the Central Committee.
That is, she earned her popularity literally on the table... and under the table.
Her close contact with the Union's authorities had her screwed up and she was carried away. But that's typical of all sorts of SBs, like those who sleep with members of parliament, for example.

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: Totor5

Her career took off after her work at the famous…

... a tenacious old woman: juras perle fell apart long ago, and this one still twists her backside.
And this slob was interviewed by Smolensk, who fled to Latvia, where he can't sell anything except "aggressive Russia", and he's hungry... a mankurt, in a word.

[Aag]

Quote: Totor5

Her career took off after her work at the famous Baltic striptease cabaret, which was a favorite destination for bigwigs from the Central Committee.
That is, she earned her popularity literally on the table... and under the table.
Her close contact with the Union's authorities had her screwed up and she was carried away. But that's typical of all sorts of SBs, like those who sleep with members of parliament, for example.

Were you present? In what capacity?
No, I don't argue – a variety show, the Hotel Latvia... We know. Foreign tourists. A port city... They brought the Central Committee into it...
Maybe that's how it all was))).
What's sad is how we love to "tramp on" our former idols on command...
No. I am not defending this person!!
She personally said a lot of nasty things. But! In the context of this article, I don't see anything reprehensible in what she said.

[Totor5]

What makes you think she's my former idol? I never liked that nag, just like I never liked Pugachikha. They both had similar paths to the top – through connections in the Central Committee.
There are many rumors about what went on in that club, but it's a fact that party officials hung out there regularly. It's also known that in the early 90s, the club was blown up during a gangland showdown.

Here are some photos from there, if anyone didn't know, find Vaikule in the photo.

[alexputnik17]

Soviet and Latvian singer Laima Vaikule, who enjoyed the love of the Russian public for decades.

Well, I didn't love her. But the fact that she ruined people's tastes and hearing for decades and made a good profit from the USSR and Russia, that's true. She was a nasty female dog. That's it.

[Hariton laptev]

And check her for business in Russia. And then confiscate her, damn it. And then watch her sing without an accent.

[Horizon]

Why do many artists who received recognition in the USSR hate us so much?
Pugacheva, Rotaru, that shrew, and so many others? What harm has Russia done to them? I honestly don't understand.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: alberigo

It's time to cut off the oxygen supply to this "wonderful diva" here in Russia. Let her go to Europe, take off her pants, and prance around the square.

So that's it, she's just yapping because that's it. Access to the trough is blocked. She's already said enough. So she'll give an interview, get a pittance. A pauper. And according to him, the USSR fed Pugacheva.

[Roman_Vasilyevich]

I'll pick up a machine gun

"And tomorrow, an ambush awaits us at the safe house. We'll have to fight back. We're happy to meet you in this tense situation."
- Yeah, right!
<...>
"They're hoping to take us alive, kids! They don't know there are three of us now. I'll give you a Parabellum. We'll retreat to the mountains. Can you cover us?"
- I can't...
- Почему?
“You see, I’m completely unfamiliar with military affairs, but I can provide any financial assistance I can.”
- You are a true friend of the fatherland!
- I think two hundred rubles...
- Five hundred rubles can save a giant of thought.
— Tell me, can’t two hundred rubles save a giant of thought?
“I don’t think there’s any room for bargaining here!”

[Vertuhai 2003]

I love it when a vaudeville performer, who gives oral sex for a small fee, suddenly pleases the right person and soars to the top of the stage. And when the number of people willing to give it to someone on the fang dwindles, age, then instead of a dick, you can take up a machine gun...

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Vertuhai 2003

Age, here instead of a penis you can take up a machine gun...

I was embarrassed and didn't write about the penis, but essentially I wrote the same thing

[SEVERIN]

German journalists asked Vaikule what she would do if "Russia attacked Latvia." The very phrasing of the question, in fact, already makes it clear that the interview was essentially staged.

- the author doesn't bother the brains of an old woman who still considers herself a star - and we won't have to read such nonsense, and you'll feel better.

[Voskolina]

I remember the 80s. That skinny herring. "Ah, vernissage, ah, vernissage." Gloom. No skin, no face, no voice.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

I'll pick up a machine gun

I would say that you can take it in your hands, cheap slut from a variety show
your place..., you were washed, clothed and fed, who would need you if not for the USSR but for the Russian post

[Voskolina]

She came from a variety show. A worthy companion to Pugachikha. Both of them whined to Pauwels's music. I can't say anything about him as a composer.

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

Don't put this face up, are you kidding me?

[Nord11]

Well, then pull up your pants and go defend Latvia in advance, while it's still in Ukraine...

[aleks.29ru]

[/quote]I'll pick up a machine gun.[quote]

Silicone.,.

[BlackTiger74]

I'll pick up a machine gun.

Will this sprat even be able to lift it and hold it in his hands???

[Comrade Kim]

Quote: isv000

"I'll pick up a machine gun" - Vaikule plans to "defend Latvia from Russia"

Give her Schmeisser, in public, on camera. Let her screw up in her old age...
Just don't take him prisoner, so let him survive on herring.

No, that's not it! Take no prisoners; for people like this Chukhonka, that's the apotheosis of humanism!
I would order her to be fed Riga sprats five times a day.
Until her hands grow webbed, or until she kicks the bucket.

[VSS]

A decent girl. Curvy. High-level shock value. A rare commodity on our stage. Her life has been a success. She has something to defend. Gazmanov, Okhlobystin, and the rest don't pick up a gun. True, hopeless poverty. Proletarians with nothing to lose. Except their salaries.

[Popov I.P.]

What could you expect from her—fiery proletarian internationalism and gratitude to the Russian people, thanks to whom she became famous, rich, and celebrated? How many like her have twitched their limbs in Riga's variety shows until they were no longer marketable, while accepting tokens of gratitude from rich sugar daddies. Has anyone ever heard her sing in her native language? And if anyone has heard her sing in Latvian, how many people speak that language natively? She was made rich by the great and mighty Russian language and the boundless expanses of the Great Soviet Union, with its hundreds of millions of people. After all, in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and other Soviet republics, she sang not in the local languages, but in Russian. But gratitude is a quality reserved for decent people, and this lady is not one of them.

[BlackTiger74]

fiery proletarian internationalism and gratitude to the Russian people

Have you read anything about Raymond Pauls, who also wrote songs for her???

[Stoler]

"This statement stands in stark contrast to the singer's biography. It was in Russia that Vaikule received nationwide recognition in the 1980s, became a People's Artist, and it was in Russia that she earned the bulk of her fortune." - No, guys... not in Russia, but in the USSR!!!! How?
Here they like to appropriate and shift the USSR's achievements onto Russia. And Vaikule is just an old, senile woman.

[Fitter65]

German journalists asked Vaikule what she would do if "Russia attacked Latvia." The very phrasing of the question suggests the interview was essentially staged.
The artist replied:
I'll pick up a machine gun.

Another old senile woman, like Novodvorskaya.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Horizon

Why do many artists who received recognition in the USSR hate us so much?

Maybe because they are not artists?
I wouldn't call them artists. Except maybe Pugacheva. And even then, only at the initial stage.
Artists don't lip-sync, they don't perform at corporate events in bars where people eat and drink... and they earn money with their talents, not with all the different things at once.
A long time ago, it was my boss's birthday. A woman arrived, walked past us, and said, "Did you bring the recording?" I burst out laughing because I couldn't help myself. One of my partners liked her, and she was immediately dispatched from the corporate party to Nizhny Novgorod for a week. No singing. Now Madame is an Honored Artist of Russia.
P.S.: For me, the actors in "They Fought for Their Country," for example. Almost all of them had been through the war. They knew what to play, how to play it, and where to play it. Those are actors. I watch the film every year. It's timeless.

[BlackTiger74]

Did you bring the disc with the recording?

There could have been a backing track on that disc...

[alexputnik17]

Quote from BlacTiger74

There could have been a backing track on that disc too.

Believe me, I can strum a little guitar and sing. And I can tell the difference between a lip-sync and a non-lip-sync. Especially not from TV, but from 10 meters away. One guy who came sang live. Leps. But he was drunk and not only that. , and was a complete failure, but sang amazingly.

[BlackTiger74]

Well, I'm not arguing!!! ......... And yes, I also participate in a vocal group

[Azzzwer]

It was in Russia that Vaikule received all-Union recognition in the 1980s and became a People's Artist.

authorYou've got something mixed up! Vaikule received nationwide recognition in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, not in Russia! Such a country didn't even exist back then! Stop distorting history and substituting concepts! Latvia is not part of Russia!

[Lynx2000]

Quote: AAG

Let me reiterate: we are not discussing this character's moral and business qualities for now! The discussion, in my opinion, concerns the topic of the article (its highly biased, far-fetched nature).
How would you answer such a question?!
Regarding all the "evil" commentators... Have you received the "FAS" command?
But once upon a time we listened with delight to Vaikule, Makarevich, and Slepakov...
Without rejecting their merits, ~ understanding... dissent, BUT, - not forgiving betrayal(!): do not become sheep yourselves, please... - where the shepherd turned, - there and with bleating, the flock, - for the first time! (And period, - where they turn, - where they point)...

I agree that the article itself, its hero and topic, are worthy of coverage only in the tabloid format, not for VO.
However, I understand that this interview is part of a PR stunt to remind people of myself, who have begun to forget, in the wake of the Baltic hysteria on the topic of Russophobia, this statement is appropriate.
What are the moral and business qualities of the performers you mentioned?! I don’t see any moral ones, and their business qualities, based on their whining about a lack of money, also raise doubts.
What is so special about Makarevich's work in re-recording foreign compositions that makes one admire him?
I don't even want to talk about Slepakov, his level of vocals and humor.
Since these people, including Vaikule, are public figures, they must be prepared for the fact that they have more than just admirers.

[Aag]

Quote: Lynx2000

Quote: AAG

Let me reiterate: we are not discussing this character's moral and business qualities for now! The discussion, in my opinion, concerns the topic of the article (its highly biased, far-fetched nature).
How would you answer such a question?!
Regarding all the "evil" commentators... Have you received the "FAS" command?
But once upon a time we listened with delight to Vaikule, Makarevich, and Slepakov...
Without rejecting their merits, ~ understanding... dissent, BUT, - not forgiving betrayal(!): do not become sheep yourselves, please... - where the shepherd turned, - there and with bleating, the flock, - for the first time! (And period, - where they turn, - where they point)...

I agree that the article itself, its hero and topic, are worthy of coverage only in the tabloid format, not for VO.
However, I understand that this interview is part of a PR stunt to remind people of myself, who have begun to forget, in the wake of the Baltic hysteria on the topic of Russophobia, this statement is appropriate.
What are the moral and business qualities of the performers you mentioned?! I don’t see any moral ones, and their business qualities, based on their whining about a lack of money, also raise doubts.
What is so special about Makarevich's work in re-recording foreign compositions that makes one admire him?
I don't even want to talk about Slepakov, his level of vocals and humor.
Since these people, including Vaikule, are public figures, they must be prepared for the fact that they have more than just admirers.

Thank you, at the very least, for a constructive analysis of my comment without venom, boasting, or nomenklatura.
Yes, it depends on the taste and color....
May I ask a counter question?
How then should one relate to the Shaman and others like him?))).
Who is promoting them?
Or are they (he) so gifted?!
... ((( so we will have a repetition of such vaikuli(((.

[FoBoss_VM]

The eldest wallet can't even find its way to the toilet, but it still goes there.

[Aag]

Quote from: FoBoss_VM

The eldest wallet can't even find its way to the toilet, but it still goes there.

Where to?
I understand that your health is fine. And so is Russian medicine... ((((

[Aag]

Quote: AAG

Quote from: FoBoss_VM

The eldest wallet can't even find its way to the toilet, but it still goes there.

Where to?
I understand that your health is fine. And so is Russian medicine... ((((

Regarding medicine... Mishustin started to get excited. Tomorrow I'll go for an ultrasound of the veins in my lower extremities. ... 07/08/2026
I received a referral on May 08.05, 2026, from a surgeon.
Before that, - a therapist from February...
The local police officer, with tests, - in January...
Please draw your own conclusions...

[Uma palata]

And if she doesn't attack, what will she take in her hands? 😁 or not in her hands?
And who would allow her to do that, such a risk-taker? What if the old woman involuntarily snaps her jaws, and the product is worth a nickel. (It's a crude joke, but it's fine for judging ungrateful actors.)

It's clear the old woman is trying to feign patriotism. Then let her donate all the money she earned in Russia to the Latvian budget. And in exchange, she'll ask for a place in a municipal shelter for the poor, because that's what she'll remain. After all, she got everything she has from Russian viewers.

[Aag]

Quote: Uma Palata

And if she doesn't attack, what will she take in her hands? 😁 or not in her hands?
And who would allow her to do that, such a risk-taker? What if the old woman involuntarily snaps her jaws, and the product is worth a nickel. (It's a crude joke, but it's fine for judging ungrateful actors.)

It's clear the old woman is trying to feign patriotism. Then let her donate all the money she earned in Russia to the Latvian budget. And in exchange, she'll ask for a place in a municipal shelter for the poor, because that's what she'll remain. After all, she got everything she has from Russian viewers.

With a similar proposal - to give all the money to the budget of one's own country - there is someone to turn to in the Russian Federation... Isn't that right?

[Aag]

Quote: Uma Palata

And if she doesn't attack, what will she take in her hands? 😁 or not in her hands?
And who would allow her to do that, such a risk-taker? What if the old woman involuntarily snaps her jaws, and the product is worth a nickel. (It's a crude joke, but it's fine for judging ungrateful actors.)

It's clear the old woman is trying to feign patriotism. Then let her donate all the money she earned in Russia to the Latvian budget. And in exchange, she'll ask for a place in a municipal shelter for the poor, because that's what she'll remain. After all, she got everything she has from Russian viewers.

Sorry, "brainy" is definitely not you! I don't mean to offend.
Come on, please,
First of all, don't be obscene;
Secondly, would you like to ask some of the locals, would you like to share?
Aaa! ... More pregnant??
And here, - they indicated the target, - Dolby! - it won't get any worse!...
Once again(!), I am not defending this lady...
It's just disgusting to read - some of the... erotic (at best) fantasies from some commentators...
Please behave with dignity!
I am an officer (in reserve) myself - I am not averse to obscenity... But know your limits!
I repeat, a normal officer, just a Man, will not boast about his victories over the "weaker sex"!
Even, - especially(!), - if it was a lady with low "social responsibility" (someone else... moralist).
And here, no matter how you read it, everyone knows everything, they took part, it seems, and are even ready to share their impressions...
To be honest, I don’t even know who needs to be treated anymore...
I'm purely in the context of the article!!

[Uma palata]

Buddy, please return to the rules of Russian grammar. Your disregard for spelling is appalling.
And present your opinion on the substance, and not in an assessment of the form of presentation.
Most officers (reservists) know how to do this.
I've stated the most important point clearly and unequivocally: "...Then let him give all the money he received in Russia back to the Latvian budget." Please comment on this statement, setting aside your intimate fears of past years.
(Regarding the "...boasting of victories over the weaker sex" you mentioned, I don't have a word to say).

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ Soviet and Latvian singer Laima Vaikule, who enjoyed the love of the Russian public for decades... ❞ —

— "The Pig* under the Age-Oak
I ate my fill of acorns, until I was full;
After eating, she slept under it;
Then, having grown up, I got up
And she began to undermine the roots of the Oak with her snout" © ...

[snow mountain]

Does this animal own any real estate in Russia?

[tarantula]

The old slut would have sat silently. They raised this fucking crap in the USSR.

[usr01]

Quote: tarantula

They raised crap in the USSR

not raised, but not detected!

No matter how much you feed a wolf, he will still...

(C)

[rusich]

A double-barreled shotgun would be more suitable for Vaikule instead of a machine gun

[Graz]

She and her work should be erased from Russian reality; there should be no songs, no mentions, no videos with her, and naturally, a lifetime ban on entry.

[Alexey Lantukh]

Let it be, but the main thing is not to pay royalties and royalties.

[Lykases1]

I read the headline. The question arose: why the hell did you pay her? She earned her fortune. Workers, scientists, doctors, teachers—they don't earn their fortunes. They created the "elite" themselves, nurtured them, and now questions arise.

[koksalek]

This old fart only says what they want to hear from her, it would be stupid to blurt out the opposite - she will immediately get a kick in the fart area

[Dimassz]

Of course she'll take it in her dreams, she needs to work on her tolerance for these countries )))

[Earl]

And why didn't the German "journalists" specify what Vaikule would do in the event of a German attack on Latvia?!

[Lako]

A machine gun isn't a penis; you need to know how to use it. Tell grandma about this, whoever.

[Alex-2637]

Take a machine gun and...shoot yourself!

[duschman80-81]

The lady clearly got something mixed up...

[Levinstein]

I wonder what she would answer if NATO attacked Russia? What would she do?

[axren1]

This bitch will open her mouth wider.

[APASUS]

Together with Madame Broshkina they will hold the pillbox, and Maximka will most likely run off to Israel!

[Ravik]

Machine gun!?! Get off the Six first, you chicken.

[Vinchi]

And Pugacheva will hand over the cartridges, Galkin will show where to shoot.

[geologist]

She entertained us, like many others, while we worked in a deep underground mine (mine, in particular, was about 1 km deep) and fed countless people. My contribution to the national welfare was approximately 20 billion rubles in the form of metals discovered by a stroke of genius—silver, lead, and zinc—which had already been mined and sold to Japan. Everyone was happy. What had happened to us? Why had we fallen into such a crisis worthy of ancient Rome or Judea?

[Word]

It’s interesting, I’ve never held anything heavier than a spoon in my hands and suddenly here’s a machine gun.

[Million]

Soviet and Latvian singer Laima Vaikule, who enjoyed the love of the Russian public for decades

Well, I don't know. She was never my love.
And the songs are rubbish, and the voice is rusty and creaky.

[bbb]

Old senile woman.... .... ....

[Alexey Lantukh]

A good thing for a 70-year-old grandmother. But at that age, it's a sin to lie, even to journalists.

[Failmaster]

The Baltic states always feel slighted. Why say such things in their old age?

Have you forgotten where you gained your fame and notoriety? That country disappeared later, but you continued making money in Russia. And now you're ready to fight?

Honestly, these grandparents with their high self-esteem and nascent political activism simply need to be isolated from the information space.

[Fishmashin]

Laima with a machine gun is an action, she is captured and sings for free on Red Square.

[_DD_]

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia really do need to be protected, but not from Russia, but from characters like her, and especially from those who have taken up leadership positions in the government with the same kind of insanity in their heads.

[Juan]

State attenti perché la vecchi strega potrebbe essere letale per le truppe russe! Ridicola e ingrata.

[H_elena]

Don't forget to put on the SS cap. With the red cockade button. To make aiming easier.

[Lynx2000]

Quote: AAG

May I ask a counter question?
How then should one relate to the Shaman and others like him?))).
Who is promoting them?
Or are they (he) so gifted?!
... ((( so we will have a repetition of such vaikuli(((.

I don't know anything about him, I wasn't interested, apparently I settled on the music of the 00s, I'd rather listen to Shnur... a bear trampled my ear in Kamchatka, plus a concussion
If I'm craving something patriotic, I remember the song "A Light Flickers in the Darkness," or turn on Sergei Timoshenko's "Conversation with My Father" or "Hello, Sergeant"...

[Fangaro]

Quote: isv000

"I'll pick up a machine gun" - Vaikule plans to "defend Latvia from Russia"

Give her Schmeisser, in public, on camera. Let her screw up in her old age...
Just don't take him prisoner, so let him survive on herring.

Why a Schmeisser? Latvian riflemen fought with different weapons and for different ideas. And some didn't fight, but remained Latvians, considering themselves Soviet.

[Fangaro]

Quote: kapitan92

I don't understand why we need to devote space on VO to discussing this creature's chatter. Let's have some self-respect!

Give the strip to whom?
Not Vaikule, whose songs have you never listened to? Neither have your relatives, loved ones, friends, acquaintances, neighbors, coworkers, or young people on the dance floor?
And who should we give the strip to?
Current affairs mouthpieces? WB? Press secretary? Foreign Ministry representative in Spain? Patriot Park construction heroes?
How would you answer the question: what would you do if troops from a neighboring country crossed the state border?

[Sergey Novikov_3]

How many infant spinal cord stem cells did she inject herself with? The witch doesn't age at all. I was still young and youthful when she was jumping on stage.

[Yo-yo]

A talentless singer who was dragged onto the screens...

[Corvair]

What kind of circuit breaker will she pick up, a ten-amp or a sixteen-amp one?

[Sergei Viktorovich Korolev]

This rotten udder is still yapping something.
What is this: oh my god, a machine gun!!!?

[Vovavvs]

You can immediately see that this woman has never held anything heavier than a horseradish in her hands in her life.

[Sergey_K]

Let him take it and it WILL be used as fertilizer!

[kill the fascist]

The old woman has completely lost her mind.

[Raw238]

Now, I am completely calm about the fate of Latvia!

[Piramidon]

I'll pick up a machine gun

Just let someone ask to have their front sight filed off first.