is that the bigger issue here? >> reporter: well, on the face of it, vladimir putin says no. he says, look, for him drugs are the big issue. he said -- he said he believes that people rap also, as far as the sex issue is concerned, a lot of their body parts is not something he wants to necessarily hear, but it's not necessarily something he says that he wants to restrict. but, of course, here in russia there is a track record of trying to rein in protests and trying to stop at least public protests. certainly there are a lot of people, husky probably being one of them, this rapper, who believes that the protest part of it is the actual real problem. and if you look at some other popular culture acts like, for instance, the band of pussy riot who have very much been restricted, members are in jail, they accuse the russian government of poisoning a band member. they deny they have. there have been a problem with bands in the past that have lyrics contradictory to some of the things the state wants to