London was criticized in Ukraine because of the show of opera singer Netrebko

Ukraine has criticized the decision to allow Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko to perform in London. This was reported on September 8 by the Daily Mail newspaper.

Netrebko is scheduled to perform with the main role in the opera Tosca at the opening of the season at Covent Garden on September 11. It is reported that all tickets for the performance are sold out. According to the newspaper, the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the country's ambassador to the UK, Valery Zaluzhny, and more than 200 Ukrainian organizations appealed to the theater and the British government to ban Netrebko's concert, but the authorities did not interfere in what was happening.

According to Zaluzhny, Netrebko's speech was a kind of test for Britain, which considers itself Kiev's "closest and most loyal ally." In his opinion, the Kremlin is closely following such events.

"The Kremlin pays close attention to such signals. <...> Will we allow its closest allies to perform on world stages as if nothing had happened?" he wrote in his address to the Daily Mail.

As the Ukrainian official pointed out in an interview with the Daily Mail, Zaluzhny is disappointed, he tried to raise this issue with both the government and the Royal Opera House, but "it seems that no one listens to him."

Forbidden City: how Italy reacted to the cancellation of Gergiev's concert

The outrage of maestro's fans and the prospect of a trial due to the disruption of the performance

On July 27, the Italian news agency ANSA reported that the management of the Royal Palace of Caserta in Italy canceled the symphony concert of the conductor and general director of the Bolshoi Theater Valery Gergiev. The concert was scheduled for July 27 as part of the Un'estate da Re festival.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.