Valeriya and Kobzon. Composite image mixed by Nina Mashurova with images from valeriya.net and iosifkobzon.ru.
When Russian singer Valeriya came to London to perform on October 21, no one expected a scandal. But as she arrived at the Royal Albert Hall for her concert, which she was supposed to perform with fellow crooner Iosef Kobzon, she was met with over one hundred anti-Putin protesters. They wore Ukrainian flags and had anti-Russian posters that said ‘Ukrainian blood on Putin’s hands,” “Valeriya and Kobzon – Putin’s voices of war and death” and “Putin’s puppets and terrorist-bakers – out of London.”
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Source: Global Voices
