Roger Waters Posts Open Letter To Putin After Poland Cancels His Concerts Over Ukraine Comments - Stereogum

Over the weekend, a pair of Roger Waters concerts that were scheduled to take place in Poland next year were canceled by Polish officials due to an open letter that the musician shared last month directed at Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska?

Waters posted an open letter directed at Wantuch on his Facebook page on Sunday, in which he clarified that his management company did not cancel the Poland shows, as was initially reported, and that Wantuch “seems to know nothing of my history of working, all my life, at some personal cost, in the service of human rights.”.

Waters followed that up with a separate open letter on Monday directed by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

“Dear President Putin, since The Russian Federation invaded Ukraine on February 24th this year I have tried to use my small influence to encourage a ceasefire and a diplomatic settlement that addresses the security needs of both Ukraine and The Russian Federation,” he wrote.

Vladimir Putin.

Roger Waters’ open letter to Vladimir Putin.

Dear President Putin, since The Russian Federation invaded Ukraine on February 24th this year I have tried to use my small influence to encourage a ceasefire and a diplomatic settlement that addresses the security needs of both Ukraine and The Russian Federation.

If you were to come out and say, “Also the Russian Federation has no further territorial interest beyond the security of the Russian speaking populations of The Crimea, Donetsk and Lubansk.” That would help too.

Alright back to the table, if I’ve read your previous speeches correctly, you would like to negotiate a state of neutrality for a sovereign neighboring Ukraine

I know, I know, the USA and NATO invade other sovereign countries at the drop of a hat, or for a few barrels of oil, but that doesn’t mean you should, your invasion of Ukraine took me completely by surprise, it was a heinous war of aggression, provoked or not

Poland Cancels Roger Waters Concerts Amid Outrage Over His Ukraine Comments