The mayor of Jurmala Gatis Troksnis (the Union " green " and peasants) stated in the program " Morning panorama channel LTV that pop festival " New wave " will be held In the current year. According to the comments of the mayor, it would be wrong to break the cultural ties between Russia and Latvia. He said that different cultural organizations of Latvia relate differently to Russia. For example, the New Riga theatre has not wanted from the tour in connection with the events in Ukraine, and the Latvian national theatre gave in the capital of Russia two performances. remember, the former head of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga (stood at the head of the country between 1999 and 2007) have said before, that the annual Russian festival of pop-music " New wave " in Jurmala is a private event, so that the state should not be involved in its conduct. However, according to Vike-Freiberga, individual visitors of the " New wave ", who supported Russia's actions in the Crimea, can be included in the list of personas non grata.
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