Isihlubuki kanye nomthandi wamanje uSergey Shnurov usuvele ngoMsombuluko uzovela eSiteshini Sokuqala seThelevishini yaseRussia. Kanye nomlobi wezombusazwe uSofiko Shevardnadze, umholi weqembu elithi "Leningrad" uzoqhuba umbukiso omusha "Ngothando".
Izindaba zakamuva ngendlela yakhe echazwe ku-Instagram yakhe ngokwayo:
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Ukukhishwa komshayeli wephrojekthi entsha sekuvele kuqoshiwe. Ukwaziswa ngombukiso omusha kuyinto encane kakhulu, kodwa izintatheli zikwazi ukuthola ukuthi abantu ababhekene nobunzima empilweni yabo siqu bazohlanganyela kuloluhlelo. USergey Shnurov kanye nomngani wakhe ozobamba iqhaza uzokwenza izeluleko zezimenywa zohlelo futhi babheke indlela yokuphuma kwezimo eziyinkinga.
USergei Shnurov ungathatha isikhundla sikaLarisa Guzeeva ku-Channel One
Ukufometha kohlelo olusha "Mayelana Nothando" kubonakala sengathi abalandeli bakaShnurov bafana nohlelo lukaLarisa Guzeeva "Masitshate!". Abathandi bomculi kulezi zingxoxo babikezela ukuncintisana phakathi kwamaphrojekthi amabili afanayo, futhi basikisela nokuthi umculi angashiya ngokuphelele uGuzeev ngaphandle komsebenzi.