The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Latvia has requested from the competent authorities the data about a possible concert in the Republic of Academic song and dance ensemble of Russian Army named after A. V. Alexandrov and his order, said the first day of the week Advisor to the head of the foreign Ministry of Latvia, m?rti?? Kegeris.
"The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Latvia has requested from the competent authorities the data about a possible concert in the Republic of Academic song and dance ensemble of Russian Army named after A. V. Alexandrov ", ? quotes the expression of the messenger of Agency RIA " Novosti ". Minister of foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgar Rinkevich, for his part, said that the concert may wear an invalid character " because of his ideological concept with the active promotion of Russian military might is not adequate in the context of the history of the Baltic States ".
Cultural center of the Lithuanian city of Visaginas first did not want to give room to the ensemble who planned the concert in this city on December 6. The reason ? "ideological load" of the concert. According to Russian media, the Alexandrov Ensemble this fall plans a concert tour in several dozen cities in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory. It is expected to visit the capital of Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Serbia, Romania, Moldova. Remember, in mid-October tour of the Russian military ensemble. Alexandrov has caused mixed reactions in the Czech Republic. Opponents of his speeches called the Ensemble " a battalion of hybrid war ", And his tour ? " military operation ". In March a military Ensemble has recorded a CD with Ukrainian folk songs, which included popular songs: "Dyvlyus ya na nebo ", " Dumi, mo, Dumi ", " How Kozak beyond the Danube ", "Nich yaka msacn" and more ten songs. In June of last year, the Academic song and dance Ensemble of the Russian Army them. Alexandrov has prepared a video clip " Muscovites jump hopak ". So Ensemble tried to convince the Ukrainian people to the world. The video on the Internet looked up a few million people. Academic song and dance Ensemble of the Russian Army Alexandrov ? the largest art collective of Russia before the USSR. In 2013 he is the Head of the Ministry of defence, Army General Sergei Shoigu instructed to rewrite the anthem of Russia. The Alexandrov ensemble, founded in 1928, from which about 200 professional musicians and dancers, ? one of the most famous Russian musical collectives. He acts ceaselessly on the world's largest concert stages, and Thus in garrisons, palaces of culture of the Russian small cities. Male choir, an orchestra, made of symphonic and folk instruments, and the ballet ensemble is recognized and until now remains one of the best in the world.

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