This article analyses the main cultural and political factors that contributed to the emergence of local Anglophone music in Russia between 2008 and 2012. While Russian indie groups had extensively sung in English before (with scarce public recognition), a conjunction of circumstances encouraged the appearance of a conspicuous Russian Anglophone music scene in the Medvedev years. These were a perceived political relaxation, internally and in East–West relations; Russian economic growth and the subsequent renovation of Moscow; and the connectivity and expansion of the independent music community. The article also argues that the success of local Anglophone bands, as well as the appearance of an ‘indie’ sound and an ‘indie’ music scene (indi), was the result of a concerted effort by Russian music participants to bring and incorporate the Other – the West – into Russia's everyday life. The English language, correspondingly, functioned as a ‘tool’ for this operation.

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“我们也可以。我们并不差”：俄罗斯独立音乐 (Indi) 中的英语浪潮，2008-2012

本文分析了 2008 年至 2012 年间促成俄罗斯本土英语音乐出现的主要文化和政治因素。虽然俄罗斯独立团体以前广泛用英语演唱（公众认可度很低），但各种情况鼓励了梅德韦杰夫时代引人注目的俄罗斯英语音乐场景。在内部和东西方关系中，这些都是被认为的政治放松；俄罗斯经济增长和随后的莫斯科改造；以及独立音乐社区的连通性和扩展性。文章还认为，当地英语乐队的成功，以及“独立”声音和“独立”音乐场景的出现（印地)，是俄罗斯音乐参与者齐心协力将他者——西方——带入俄罗斯日常生活的结果。相应地，英语充当了该操作的“工具”。