Alexander Buinov

Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Буйнов, born 24 March 1950^[1]) is a Russian singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known for his tenure with Vesyolye Rebyata between 1973 and 1989, before starting his solo career.

Alexander Buinov PAR
Buinov in 2010.
Born	Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov (1950-03-24) 24 March 1950 (age 75) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Title	People's Artist of Russia (2010)
Awards	Order of Honour
Website	www.buinov.ru

In the English-speaking world, he is known for his song "VDV – s neba privet" (VDV: Greetings from the Sky), which sings the praises of the Russian Airborne Troops, or VDV ("Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii"; Russian script: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ; "Air-landing Forces"), a military branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of parody videos have surfaced on the Internet with the apparent music of his VDV – s neba privet, but subtitled with English lyrics mocking Russia.^[2][3]

Buinov is a member of the Russian Political Party United Russia.^[1] Buinov was included on a 2019 list of blacklisted people banned from performing in Ukraine due to his links to the Putin government.^[4] In 2020, during the protests following the Belarusian presidential elections, Buinov recorded a song in support of Alexander Lukashenko called "Artists for Peace – Don’t Give Away Your Loved One", though his representative subsequently stated that Buinov had not known that the lyrics of the song supported Lukashenko.^[5]