Alexander Buinov

Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov is a Russian singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known for his tenure with Vesyolye Rebyata between 1973 and 1989, before starting his solo career.
In the English-speaking world, he is known for his song "VDV – s neba privet", which sings the praises of the Russian Airborne Troops, or VDV, a military branch of the Armed [Forces of the Russian Federation]. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of parody videos have surfaced on the Internet with the apparent music of his VDV – s neba privet, but subtitled with English lyrics mocking Russia.
Buinov is a member of the Russian Political Party United Russia. Buinov was included on a 2019 list of blacklisted people banned from performing in Ukraine due to his links to the Putin government. In 2020, during the 2020–2021 [Belarusian protests|protests following the Belarusian presidential elections], Buinov recorded a song in support of Alexander Lukashenko called "Artists for Peace – Don’t Give Away Your Loved One", though his representative subsequently stated that Buinov had not known that the lyrics of the song supported Lukashenko.