Italy cancels concert by Putin ally Gergiev | Russia-Ukraine war News

Kremlin critics laud the decision, as Moscow’s ambassador to Italy decries a ‘scandalous situation’.

Italy’s Royal Palace of Caserta has announced it cancelled a concert by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, a vocal backer of President Vladimir Putin, after an uproar from politicians and Kremlin critics.

The concert scheduled for Sunday in the 18th-century palace near Naples caused a heated debate in Italy, was slammed by Ukraine and led to calls for protests by Russia’s exiled…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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