Approximately a hundred years ago, 4-year-old Kostya Barannikov was explained the meaning of the word "always" #suchnews

Approximately a hundred years ago, 4-year-old Kostya Barannikov was explained the meaning of the word "always."

Impressed, he wrote a little poem:

"Let there always be sun,
Let there always be sky,
Let there always be mama,
Let there always be me."

The poem impressed psychologist Ksenia Spasskaya so much that in 1928 she included it in her book.

There, Korney Chukovsky saw the poem and placed it in his famous collection "From Two to Five."

In 1961, poet Lev Oshanin turned the poem into lyrics for a song, and composer Arkady Ostrovsky wrote the music.

In 1962, Tamara Miansarova won with this song at the VIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki.

This song was known and loved by every person born in the USSR.

And now, on December 13, 2025, geologist from Kirovgrad Dmitry Rykov wrote the words of this song on a poster and went out to the Lenin monument, where he was detained by the police.

And on December 24, judge Olga Trapeznikova fined Rykov 49 thousand rubles. And in the future, he faces criminal charges.

What do you think of this story, huh?

It's a wild tale of irony—turning a beloved Soviet-era children's song about peace and innocence into grounds for "discrediting the army" under modern Russian laws. The origins check out as a classic piece of cultural history, but the recent fine highlights how even nostalgic, anti-war sentiments from the past can get weaponized in today's political climate. Pretty absurd, if you ask me.