Putin Speaks before the Concert by Mariinsky Orchestra

Vladimir Putin attended a concert of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev, at the Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory. The concert was part of the 15th Moscow Easter Festival, which is dedicated this year to the 125th anniversary of Sergei Prokofiev’s birth. “The excellent concert of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in Palmyra after its liberation from terrorists was a genuine call for peace, unity and concord. It generated an unheard-of emotional response all over the w