Lukashenka on black list of musicians: Let us get things moving
There are no black lists like this, the President said. However, some musicians are not getting invited to the radio and TV, he admitted.
‘Blacklisted’ Belarusian musicians should not be treated in a harsh way, Alyaksandr Lukashenka thinks. He announced it at the meeting with journalists of Euroradio, Radio Liberty and TUT.BY.
“You mentioned ‘the black list’ at the previous press conferences. I was surprised. There is no such a black list. But I will see to it once again. Let us order Davydzka (head of the Belarusian State Broadcasting company – Euroradio) to give them air time in some format. We may do it. Davydzka is an ideologically restrained person. He is a Belarusian and has a good command of Belarusian – he will not allow anything bad on TV. Let us get things moving somehow.”
Cultural figures need to focus on working at home instead of ‘leaving for Russia where there are a lot of their own musicians’, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said. “They (the musicians – Euroradio) probably made some mistakes and they would have been ‘blacklisted’ for it in Europe, America and Russia. However, they should not be treated in such a harsh way,” the state leader noted.
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