US EditionRome, Navalny Widow Blast Italy Invite for Pro-Kremlin Maestro
SOUTHERN ITALY, JUL 15 – Italy's culture minister and Navalny's widow warn the concert may serve Kremlin propaganda due to Gergiev's long-standing support for Putin's policies, prompting calls for cancellation.
- Italy's Culture Minister and Yulia Navalnaya condemned an invitation for Valery Gergiev to perform, stating it could serve as propaganda for the Kremlin.
- Gergiev, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, has been shunned in the West for not denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Italian officials debate the concert's implications, with De Luca advocating dialogue and Giuli warning it risks promoting Russian propaganda.
- Navalnaya criticized the concert, calling it hypocritical to ignore its political implications.
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Yulia Navalnaya said the conductor's performance in Italy would be "a gift to the dictator."
The widow of the Russian oppositioner Alexei Navalny asks Italians to be "coherents", questioning and criticizing the action of Master Valery Gergiev, allied near Putin, in a music festival.
The internationally renowned conductor and longtime confidant of Vladimir Putin, Waleri Gergiyev, is planning a concert in southern Italy.
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Yulia Navalnaya, widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is urging Italy to revoke an invitation extended to Valery Gergiev, a conductor with strong Kremlin ties, to perform at a major music festival later this month. Gergiev, known for his decades-long alliance with Vladimir Putin, is set to headline...
The internationally renowned conductor and long-time Putin friend Waleri Gergiyev is supposed to give a concert in southern Italy. Critics warn against Russian propaganda on European stage.
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