Alexander Buinov

{{Short description|Soviet-Russian musician (born 1950)}}

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| name = Alexander Buinov

| honorific_suffix = PAR

| image = BuinovAN.jpeg

| caption = Buinov in 2010.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|3|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union

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| occupation = Singer, actor

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| title = People's Artist of Russia (2010)

| spouse =

| awards = Order of Honour

| website = [https://buinov.ru/ www.buinov.ru]

| signature =

| birthname = Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov

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Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov ({{langx|ru|link=no|Александр Николаевич Буйнов}}, born 24 March 1950{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyshow.ru/topics/97|title=Александр Буйнов|website=DailyShow|language=ru|access-date=2017-01-23}}) 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.

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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHE1LtGHDXs Alexander Buinov - VDV - Hello from the sky [HQ Audio]] (with English subtitles); on YouTube; accessed 20 February 2025, video uploaded 26 February 2022[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAHrHd2lcw Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) Music Video], presumed earlier version, no subtitles; on YouTube; accessed 27 April 2022, video uploaded 7 November 2006

Buinov is a member of the Russian Political Party United Russia. Buinov was included on a 2019 list of blacklisted people banned from performing in Ukraine due to his links to the Putin government.{{cite news |title=Ukraine's "blacklist", explained |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10478745-ukraine-s-blacklist-explained.html |access-date=11 March 2022 |work=UNIAN |date=14 March 2019}} 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.{{cite news |title='Don't Give Away' Lukashenko, Star-Studded Music Video Tells Belarus |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/09/18/dont-give-away-lukashenko-star-studded-russian-music-video-tells-belarus-a71479 |access-date=11 March 2022 |work=Moscow Times |date=18 September 2020}}