A Rammstein concert in Minsk, the capital...
Aleksander Obrozov was speaking the day after the head of the country"s Council for Morals told RIA Novosti that the German rock band"s show should be cancelled, saying that the group promoted "homosexuality, masochism and other perversions, as well as brutality and obscene language."
The group"s latest album, which topped charts all over Europe, features a naked woman apparently being chopped up and eaten by a group of men clad in black.
"The decision to bring Rammstein to Minsk is a mistake that may cost us dearly," Nikolai Cherginets said.
He also added that while the show would be a "usual concert" for the band, for Belarus, where life is "based on the Christian and secular principles of respect for the unique personality of every person," a performance by the former East German nationals could lead to the "destruction of the Belarusian state."
However, after his representative had returned from a fact-finding mission to a Rammstein concert in Olso,
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