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Navalny Widow Blasts Italy's Invite for Pro-Kremlin Maestro
ITALY, JUL 11 – Campania region defies EU pressure by inviting Gergiev, a pro-Kremlin conductor excluded since 2022, to perform at a major Italian festival, sparking wide criticism and protests.
- Valery Gergiev, a Russian conductor and close ally of President Putin, is scheduled to perform on July 27 at the Reggia di Caserta in southern Italy.
- Gergiev has been largely excluded from European stages since February 24, 2022, due to his failure to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and his public support for Putin since the 1990s.
- The Campania region, led by Vincenzo De Luca, defends hosting Gergiev, arguing culture should remain separate from politics and serve as a tool to keep dialogue open despite widespread criticism.
- Critics including Yulia Navalnaya, widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, European MPs, and activists label Gergiev a propaganda mouthpiece for Putin and call the concert hypocritical and unacceptable amid ongoing war.
- The controversy over the concert reflects ongoing tensions between preserving cultural expression and addressing the ethical implications of supporting artists linked to the Putin regime amid shifting sanctions and political pressures in Europe.
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Who is a supporter of Putin and who will participate in a review at the Reggia of Caserta funded by the Campania region
“It is unacceptable that European funds should be allocated to finance Kremlin sympathizer Valery Gergiev’s performance at the Un’Estate da RE festival,” wrote European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno on July 5. The policy of the Italian Democratic Party denounced the concert that the famous Russian director will conduct next 27th at the Royal Palace of Caserta with the Philharmonic Orchestra G. Verdi de Salerno, with reinforcements of t…
The intervention of the widow of Alexei Navalny, the Russian dissident who died in a gulag: "His performance in Italy would be a gift to the dictator"
It's not about censorship: Ukrainians are buying tickets, trying to disrupt Gergiev's concert in Italy: EADaily
EADaily, July 14th, 2025. Ukrainian organizations in Europe have joined the protest of Radical Europe, which is trying to cancel the performance of Russian conductor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Valery Gergiev at the Un'estate da RE festival in southern Italy in Caserta.
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev is scheduled to perform in Italy, which is an EU scandal. Putin's friend is not allowed to perform since the beginning of the Ukraine war.
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