Posted on 03/01/2022 6:30:17 AM PST by shadowlands1960
Star conductor and close friend of Putin dropped by his management ahead of deadline to speak out or be fired from Munich Philharmonic
Russia’s star conductor, Valery Gergiev, has been dropped by his management over his close ties to Vladimir Putin as he faces a looming deadline to publicly denounce the Russian president or lose yet another role in his rapidly crumbling career.
The 68-year-old Russian, an old friend and supporter of Putin, has faced increasing pressure to speak out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over the last week. He has been removed from performances around the world and faces more professional punishment if he does not condemn Putin’s aggression in the next 24 hours.
On Sunday, his manager, Marcus Felsner, announced he would be dropping Gergiev, who he called “the greatest conductor alive and an extraordinary human being with a profound sense of decency”, but who “will not, or cannot, publicly end his long-expressed support for a regime that has come to commit such crimes.”
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He can support Putin all he wants. There are consequences though. So tough shit
Like you and many others I assumed Putin would limit his incursion to the eastern enclaves. My guess is that Russian intelligence got wind of Zelensky’s intentions to go all out for EU then NATO membership and Putin felt he had no choice but to go all in unless he wanted an openly hostile state on his doorstep - a hostile state that would eventually acquire nukes.
You’ve shown me all I need to know about you right here on this thread.
LOL, your wife has perfected the use of finesse.
LOL!
The covid mandates and restrictions managed to flush out the first group of authoritarians, and we have this to confirm those with fascist tendencies. They are all coming out of the closet now. The fascist right and the authoritarian left have much in common.
I didn’t “allow” anything. People have been getting canceled all over in this country, and I wasn’t involved in any way.
You are kind of out there in your statements. It is almost as if you are surprised their are free thinkers on FR that don’t want to live under the thought control of the state designated belief system. I bet you wanted to kick those truckers out of Ottawa with force too.
“There”, not “their”
He can support Putin all he wants. There are consequences though.
***That’s where the whole world is headed, a social credit score. Can’t keep your job if you don’t hold to what the PTBs say. Folks like you seem unaware that this type of thing was foretold 2 millenia ago. It harkens to the second coming of Christ.
2Peter3 …3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “ Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
It’s largely psychological then and reflects the weight of European history more than the facts on the ground. Russia is a Eurasian power, she has always had hostile powers at her border and since WWII nuclear armed ones. We are only 90 miles from Russia. Russia also shares a Northern tier with NATO member Canada. China has as often as not been hostile and she is a nuclear power and shares a very extensive border with Russia. These are the ghosts of Charles XII, Napoleon and Hitler disturbing Russian dreams...
Too complicated a situation for you to understand my viewpoint. Generally speaking I am not in favor of people blocking public streets and access to emergency vehicles.
Let me guess, you would have been ok with someone praising Hitler too. Clown
That whole biblical prophecy thing just goes right over your head, doesn’t it?
best of luck with that eternity thing
He should say Putin is Breathtaking and us doing a Remarkable job.
I knew it!
Are you willing to let a loved one die in your arms because BLM protestors have blocked your streets and the ambulance gets there too late? I knew it!
He is a conductor. I am against all tyranny, anywhere. Separation could have been done quietly and discretely. This is just more public bullying from Nazi types.
Damning with faint praise, eh? Probably not faint enough.
Interesting how you conflate BLM and the truckers in Canada. Very telling to me. You crave order and control of others far more than actual freedom. As long as the state does what you like, you don’t care how violent and repressive they get.
I figured you would ignore the argument and go with personal attacks, people always do that when they are losing an argument.
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