The headliner of the festival "Tavrida.ART", which is held in the Crimea by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and where Russian President Vladimir Putin performs annually, was the singer Lolita. The mother and daughter of Lolita Milyavskaya came under shelling in Kyiv. On Instagram, Milyavskaya reported that the Ukrainians helped her to evacuate her relatives to a safe place. She thanked the people who took her relatives out.
“I want to say a huge thank you to all ordinary Ukrainian people who made it possible for my loved ones to be evacuated. They did not take money for an overnight stay, they shared food, ”the artist noted in March.
The singer did not comment on Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. Milyavskaya did not condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine. In the same video, she was only indignant at the high prices for food in Russia, noting that you can’t make money on “their own” like that. The artist said that if the store suppliers put themselves in the place of others, then they "would have more conscience."
“The only thing that strikes me is that now we, where we are patriots and we are at home, have prices. Listen, I understand everything about sanctions and I share this with everyone, because I live here. But you can’t make money on your own like that, you can’t rip off people to the last, ”said Lolita.
The singer added that soon sugar will soon cost “like an airplane wing.”
In June, Lolita Milyavskaya, who was born in Mukachevo in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine, told a story about how 6 years ago her mother in Kyiv was beaten by a “Banderite” or “nationalist” with the words: “You will speak at your own “doggy style” near Moscow.” The singer noted that she would not speak badly about her Ukrainian friends, but did not comment on the war and noted that she was not going to leave Russia, because this country had given her a lot. She added that she could not enter any institute in Ukraine, because her father is a Jew. In Russia, according to her, there were no such problems.
“But when I came to study in Tambov, I, in the feeling, what if there is also anti-Semitism here, I asked my classmates: “Is it okay that my dad is a Jew?” They looked at me and said: “So what,” said Lolita.
Basta, MakSim, UMA2RMAN, Vanya Dmitrienko, Alexander Panayotov, ST, Burito, Igor Butman, Alexander Ivanov and the Rondo group also take part in the Tavrida.Art festival.
On August 15, Vladimir Putin addressed the festival participants via video link. The Russian president said that "attempts to abolish Russian culture are futile." “And those who think otherwise, unfortunately for them, have not learned the lessons of history. But people make history. And today it includes you - young people who can dream and create, work and win, ”the Kremlin press service quotes the words of the head of state.
