The Governor of Krasnodar region Alexander Tkachev made a motion to transfer the music festival of young singers " New wave " of Latvia Jurmala in Sochi." We would be happy to accept the " New wave " in the Kuban. The more We have to do this all the rules - for example, the site of the post-Olympic Sochi ", - wrote Tkachev on Twitter. The Governor considered a strange decision of the Latvian authorities to Ban entry to Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and Valerie, who were regulars at the festival " New wave " in Jurmala." in my opinion, doing art victim of the policy, to put it mildly, strange, " writes Tkachev. Remember, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Latvia has included a Russian pop singers Oleg Gazmanov, Joseph Kobzon and Alla Perfilovo, acting under the stage name of Valery, in the list of foreigners who are forbidden to enter Latvia. Prohibition to enter Latvia, according to the Minister, is connected with the situation in Ukraine. According to the comments of the Latvian authorities, the Gazmanov, Kobzon and Valery " by their actions contributed to undermining the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine ".

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