all these people were silent and 0k living their lives in moscow when russia annexed crimea for in fact, even some political opposition members who are against putin, they didn t hide their, let s say, satisfaction with crimea when they came back home, which for ukrainians, is not the case. they somehow justified what putin did, and they said he poses this war on donbas. there are russian creators right now who are suffering because the world is now saying, you know what, we don t want to hear from russian ballet dancers, opera singers, musicians. is that always fair? just to quote the opera singer. i want to finish this, a very famous russian opera
a very famous russian opera singer anna netrebko who was told that she could no longer perform at the new york met. she said this, forcing artists or any public figure to voice their political opinions in publix and to denounce their homeland is simply not right. i wonder what your position on that is. i completely agree. you shouldn t force artist to show or express their political position. but is not political position to express sympathy and thorough and let say, how do you say in english? condolences. when people, innocent people, children and women are being killed. it s not political position to condemn those who do it because it s the right thing to do. all human being should do it.
we don t want to hear from russian ballet dancers, opera singers, musicians. is that always fair? just to quote the opera singer. i want to finish this, a very famous russian opera singer anna netrebko who was told that she could no longer perform at the new york met. she said this, forcing artists or any public figure to voice their political opinions in public and to denounce their homeland is simply not right. i wonder what your position on that is. i completely agree. you shouldn t force artist to show or express their political position. but is not political position to express sympathy and thorough and, let say, how do you say in english? condolences. when people, innocent people, children and women are being killed.