For decades, West Hollywood has been known as a hub of the Russian diaspora. But in the months since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, West Hollywood has faced a dilemma: How to celebrate Russian culture when Moscow is leveling Ukraine’s cities?
and that s tugan sokhiev. yes. now, he is fairly young, he s a very talented conductor, he does a lot of work in the west, but he also, at the time of putin s invasion, was music director of the bolshoi, as well as heavily involved with an orchestra in toulouse in france. yes. now, he claims that he was required in france to issue a public statement condemning putin s invasion. he didn t feel he wanted to do that, so he actually took the radical decision of resigning both posts. yes, but he didn t say and i would like to know it and i cannot claim anything because i don t know was he under pressure from the putin regime to pronounce himself in favour of the so called special military operation , which is anything but? that, i don t know. but i wouldn t be surprised if he were to be pressured to show his approval of that action, because most prominent figures in russia have been under pressure.
the wealth accumulated as far as i m concerned, it s not a question of them being artists because i view artists as something else. this is being a wilful collaborator, for whatever reasons opportunistic or not. it s so difficult, though. i m going to give one more example to you, and that s tugan sokhiev. yes. now, he is fairly young, he s a very talented conductor, he does a lot of work in the west, but he also, at the time of putin s invasion, was music director of the bolshoi, as well as heavily involved with an orchestra in toulouse in france. yes. now, he claims that he was required in france to issue a public statement condemning putin s invasion. he didn t feel he wanted to do that, so he actually took the radical decision of resigning both posts. yes, but he didn t say and i would like to know it and i cannot claim anything because i don t know was he under pressure from the putin regime to pronounce himself in favour of the so called special military operation , whic
The crackdown is a continuation of the attempt by the Ukrainian regime at “ethno-cultural cleansing” of Russian literature, of any period or political persuasion.
the wealth accumulated, well, as far as i m concerned, it s not a question of the being artist because i view artists as something else. this is being a wilful collaborator, for whatever reasons, opportunistic or not. it so difficult, though. i m going to give one more example to you. tugan sokhiev. yes. he is fairly young, a talented conductor, he does a lot of work in the west but he also at the time of putin s invasion was music director of the bolshoi, as well as heavily involved with an orchestra in toulouse in france. he claims that he was required in france to issue a public statement condemning putin s invasion. he didn t feel he wanted to do that, so he actually took a radical decision and resigning from both posts. yes, but what he didn t say, and i would like to know it and i cannot claim anything because i don t know, was he under pressure from the putin regime to pronounce himself