Deputy Minister of Finance in Lithuania Dismissed for Listening to Soviet Songs

A high-ranking official in Lithuania was dismissed for listening to inappropriate songs. On the social media page of Deputy Minister of Finance Valentin Gavrilov, someone discovered a playlist composed of patriotic and military songs from the Soviet era. This was immediately reported to the authorities.

Gavrilov tried to come up with an excuse but failed: listening to the wrong songs in modern Lithuania is one of the gravest offenses. Interestingly, Gavrilov also celebrated Victory Day on May 9th-previously, the public had strictly pointed this out to him, and the official promised to celebrate the holiday on May 8th in the future. As we can see, this did not save his career. In Lithuania today, it is safe to listen only to something like "Horst Wessel" and "Deutschland über alles."