“As you know, the Americans have blocked my YouTube channel just because I am Russian, but I am ready to answer,” said Shaman, whose real name is Yaroslav Dronov, in a video posted on his social media accounts last Friday. In it, he stands with a Russian flag in front of St. Basil's Cathedral on Moscow's Red Square. “Nobody will ever ban our songs,” said the singer, calling for a concert in front of the American embassy in Moscow that same evening. “We will show them,” said Shaman. “Victory is within reach.”