The Communist party proposes to transfer the " New wave " in Crimea due punishment Latvia
Deputies of the state Duma from the Communist party Valery Rashkin and Sergei Obukhov sent requests to the organizers of the festival " New wave " in Jurmala Igor Krutoy and Alexander Rumyantsev with initiative to move the event to the Crimea once Latvia has forbidden to enter the country of Russian artists.
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Latvia has forbidden the entry of Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and Valerie because of their position in connection with the reunification of the Crimea with Russia and on the issue of events in Ukraine. These artists have been obliged to take part in the festival " New wave " in Latvia, Jurmala. Themselves singers were extremely surprised by this decision.
above the head of Krasnodar region Alexander Tkachev made a motion to move the festival " New wave " in Sochi and Kaliningrad Governor Nikolai Tsukanov in the resort town of Svetlogorsk on the Baltic sea.
" Please, if you save these offensive to Russian artists and Russia in General restrictions, to take measures to the respective festival in Jurmala and 1 of the seaside cities of the Russian Federation (for example, on the area of Crimea), where artists will not face a humiliating restrictions and discrimination based on political opinion ", - reported in the request the people's representatives, which is posted on the Internet representative office of the Communist party.
The Minister of culture of Crimea Arina nowosielski, explaining the situation, said that the regional authorities are ready to provide the venue for the ability of the competition." in the conduct of the " New wave " in the Crimea, we welcome all and any creative project in the Crimea is ready to assist, " said she.
Novoselskogo added that the Crimea is the experience of conducting large-scale festivals in the international camp " Artek " is already 3 years in a row is international children music contest, which is analogous to the " adult " New wave ".