Russian propaganda is rarely original. Back in the mid-1970s, Poland's Socialist government approved of various music festivals and song competitions covering a wide variety of genres. The Intervision Song Contest was one attempt to rival the Western Eurovision contest. It did not last long. In 2025, almost 50 years later, Russia revived the competition in the name of "anti-woke", "traditional" values. The winning act was an artist from Vietnam famous in his home country for writing pro-LGBT music. This was not the only dilemma facing this 600 million ruble project.

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