Eugene McParland 馃嚭馃嚘
@EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

valery gergiev must not perform at a publicly funded festival in Campania, particularly one supported by EU funds.

gergiev is not a neutral conductor. He is a close ally of putin, whose criminal war in #Ukraine has devastated lives and violated international law.

Source: European Democrats

The image is a composite of a tweet and a photograph. The tweet, attributed to Yulia Navalnaya, mentions that in 2025, an EU-funded music festival in Italy invited Valery Gergiev, who is described as a close ally of Putin. The tweet suggests that this invitation is an attempt to normalize the war and the crimes of Putin's regime. It also mentions that La Repubblica agreed to publish an op-ed about it. The photograph below the tweet shows two men in formal attire. The man on the left is Vladimir Putin, and the man on the right is Valery Gergiev. The photograph is overlaid with the text "NO STAGE FOR PUTIN'S FRIENDS" in bold letters. At the bottom of the image, there is a logo for "Democrats European Democratic Party." The overall message of the image seems to be a protest against the normalization of associations with Putin's regime through cultural events.
The image is a composite of a tweet and a photograph. The tweet, attributed to Yulia Navalnaya, mentions that in 2025, an EU-funded music festival in Italy invited Valery Gergiev, who is described as a close ally of Putin. The tweet suggests that this invitation is an attempt to normalize the war and the crimes of Putin's regime. It also mentions that La Repubblica agreed to publish an op-ed about it. The photograph below the tweet shows two men in formal attire. The man on the left is Vladimir Putin, and the man on the right is Valery Gergiev. The photograph is overlaid with the text "NO STAGE FOR PUTIN'S FRIENDS" in bold letters. At the bottom of the image, there is a logo for "Democrats European Democratic Party." The overall message of the image seems to be a protest against the normalization of associations with Putin's regime through cultural events.
The image is a composite of a tweet and a photograph. The tweet, attributed to Yulia Navalnaya, mentions that in 2025, an EU-funded music festival in Italy invited Valery Gergiev, who is described as a close ally of Putin. The tweet suggests that this invitation is an attempt to normalize the war and the crimes of Putin's regime. It also mentions that La Repubblica agreed to publish an op-ed about it. The photograph below the tweet shows two men in formal attire. The man on the left is Vladimir Putin, and the man on the right is Valery Gergiev. The photograph is overlaid with the text "NO STAGE FOR PUTIN'S FRIENDS" in bold letters. At the bottom of the image, there is a logo for "Democrats European Democratic Party." The overall message of the image seems to be a protest against the normalization of associations with Putin's regime through cultural events.