Russia has invited Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters — who has by no means held workplace, however has been concerned in left-field political rants up to now — to talk to diplomats on the United Nations in regards to the supply of weapons to Ukraine on Wednesday, in keeping with a Reuters report.
“Let’s see what he’ll say. He has a place and you’ll hear it tomorrow,” stated Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, per Reuters. “Maybe he’ll sing to us, too.”
Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Everlasting Consultant of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, additionally confirmed Waters’ scheduled look, writing on Twitter: “For tomorrow’s UN Safety Council briefing on prospects of peaceable settlement of disaster round Ukraine within the context of accelerating Western arms deliveries to this nation, we invited as a briefer well-known British Musician and rock-musician Roger Waters.”
Waters has been below hearth by supporters of Ukraine for supporting Russia, after he shared a letter written to the Ukrainian first girl Olena Zelenska on his web site final September. He additionally lately spoke with a German newspaper, shared by Waters on his website, the place he voiced controversial views on Israel, Putin, and Russia. He additionally stated he was “actually, actually unhappy” that his former bandmates recorded a protest tune with Ukrainian musician Andrij Chlywnjuk.
Amongst these to sentence Waters is his former Pink Floyd bandmate David Gilmour. On Monday, Gilmour reposted a tweet by his spouse Polly Samson — who wrote a number of of the band’s tracks — that denounced Waters’ help of Russia.
“Sadly @rogerwaters you might be antisemitic to your rotten core,” wrote Samson on Twitter. “Additionally a Putin apologist and a mendacity, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac. Sufficient of your nonsense.” Gilmour quote-tweeted her publish, and wrote, “Each phrase demonstrably true.”
Final 12 months, Waters additionally spoke with Rolling Stone about being on a “kill checklist that’s supported by the Ukrainian authorities.” In the course of the interview, Waters advised that NATO is chargeable for Putin’s resolution to invade Ukraine however positioned that his advocating for Palestine is partially rooted in his perception that some Jewish individuals within the U.S. and U.Okay. are chargeable for the actions of Israel, “significantly as a result of they pay for all the things.”
“I can dwell with myself and fall asleep at night time figuring out that the story that’s being offered by the Western media is propaganda, and it’s not the reality. I do know the reality,” he stated. “And I’m positive I’m proper about that.”
In the meantime, an unnamed U.N. Safety Council diplomat criticized Russia’s resolution to ask Waters to talk, telling the outlet: “Russian diplomacy was once severe. What subsequent? Mr. Bean?”