"Hideaway" from Perm | Focus on Europe

Two Russian comedians have shot a parody cover of Canadian singer-songwriter Kiesza's hit "Hideaway." Instead of New York, they dance through a Russian village. It's a huge success: hundreds of thousands of people in Russia have seen the video clip.

Bonya and Kuzmich are a comedy duo from the city of Perm in the European part of Russia. They wanted to show how lively the provincial countryside can be. In Russia, internet users are already calling them the answer to EU and US sanctions. Blogs are saying that, with villages like this, Russia doesn't need the West. But the parody is also a hit in the West. Kiesza, who sang the original, is said to be delighted.

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