{"id":1681,"date":"2022-03-04T14:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/skywritings\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:24:41","slug":"anna-netrebko-%d0%bf%d0%b0-%d0%b4%d0%b5-%d0%b4%d0%b5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/skywritings\/2022\/03\/04\/anna-netrebko-%d0%bf%d0%b0-%d0%b4%d0%b5-%d0%b4%d0%b5\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Netrebko: \u043f\u0430-\u0434\u0435-\u0434\u0435"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\u0410\u043d\u043d\u044e\u0448\u043a\u0430, \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0430\u044f, just figure out a way to say that you are against war (who\u2019s for war?) without giving the slightest indication of who started this war, or why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have taken some time<\/a> to reflect because I think the situation is too serious to comment on without really giving it thought.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, \u043f\u0440\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0430. no call for snap judgments when unprovoked bombs are again raining on Ukraine from a nuclear superpower, thrice its size, and people are dying. Just stress that you are a patriot, and apolitical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFirst of all: I am opposed to this war\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And that is of course what you say to \u0442\u0432\u043e\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u044f\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0443, \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0435, each time you meet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am Russian and I love my country\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Very reassuring, and very \u00e0 prop<\/em>os – when your country is bombing Ukraine\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026but I have many friends in Ukraine and the pain and suffering right now breaks my heart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n To hear what you are going through breaks my heart\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c I want this war to end and for people to be able to live in peace. This is what I hope and pray for. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And what I wanted when I presented 1M rubles to the Russian nationalist leader, draped in the Russian secessionist flag, when my country invaded and annexed Crimea\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Which was also what I had in mind when I presented 1M rubles to the Russian nationalist leader, draped in the Russian secessionist flag, when my country invaded and annexed Crimea<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n To hear what you are having to go through to save your career breaks the whole world\u2019s heart\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to add one thing, however: forcing artists, or any public figure, to voice their political opinions in public and to denounce their homeland is not right. This should be a free choice. Like many of my colleagues, I am not a political person. I am not an expert in politics. I am an artist and my purpose is to unite people across political divides.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n