The organizers of the "new wave" festival " New wave ", " wailing Kivinen ", "yurmalina" and Comedy club has gone from Latvia, because he felt uncomfortable, said in an interview Last news Russian Ambassador to Latvia Alexander Veshnyakov.

"New wave" with participation of stars of the Russian and foreign music since 2002 was held in Jurmala in July. Last year, yesterday the opening of the contest, the Latvian foreign Ministry has included in the "black list" of banned in the country of singers Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and singer Valery in connection with their statements about the events in Ukraine and the position on the annexation of Crimea to Russia. Then it was announced that the competition moves from Jurmala in Sochi.

"The decision of the organizers of these events for many years created a positive image of Latvia, contributed to the popularization of Jurmala as a city festival that attracted multimillion-dollar investment, it is quite understandable. The organizers and participants of Jurmala festivals he felt uncomfortable, no one wants to speculate, let him in Latvia or not, as it was last year, as if because of the "danger to state security," Veshnyakov said.

first in January, the organizers of the Russian Comedy festivals "wailing Kivinen and yurmalina also officially cancelled the reservation date to enable events in the concert hall" Dzintari ".

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