This West German disco group, formed by producer Frank Farian in 1976, was hugely popular in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Their song 'Rasputin' was banned by Soviet authorities from being played at their December 1978 concert in Moscow, and the group's final performance took place in Saint Petersburg. Which group is it?

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Boney M.. Boney M. blended disco with reggae and Caribbean sounds. 'Rasputin' portrayed the doomed Russian mystic as a lover boy, which the Soviets found politically awkward, but the song became a global smash anyway.