Moscow’s diplomatic mission in Canada is hosting a performance by a controversial pianist whose criticism of Ukrainians and the government in Kiev prompted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to cancel her appearances a couple of months ago.
The Russian embassy says it will feature a recital by Ukrainian-born Valentina Lisitsa this Tuesday – an event that it insists is “strictly non-political” despite the debate that has been swirling around the musician for months.
Canada and Russia have suspended all but low-level diplomatic contacts after Moscow’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and throughout a civil war in eastern Ukraine that the West insists is …read more
Source: National Newswatch
