Выглядело это так:
The lyrics of Alexey Karakovski‘s song “The mannequin country” satirize the ideology (so-called “spiritual staples”) promoted by the state propaganda. It is a mishmash of consumerism, patriarchal “traditional family values,” celebration of militarism, and swaggering—sometimes sexualized—brutality aimed at those who are singled out as “other.”
The buses overflowed with all those people
Who couldn’t afford to get a Mercedes,
Each day they saved money to buy a car later;
Perhaps for them this was the meaning of life.
The mannequin country liked screwing and shafting
And gibbeting the raped in the streets and the squares —
It considered this practice essential
To serve as a warning, a caution to others.…
The mannequin country liked to follow
The unfolding of gladiator battles…