MOSCOW, December 18Performances on Russian television jeopardize other projects of Western celebrities, this state of affairs is absurd, said Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters.
“People told me, how can this be? You will perform on Russian television, but then you won’t be able to perform anywhere at all, what are you doing! I think all this is absurd,” Waters said on the “60 Minutes” program on the TV channel. Russia 1″.
The musician thanked the program hosts for the offer to move to Russia and noted that he was glad to have the opportunity to address the Russians.
«Our Russian friends, all our friends, we need to move away from the propaganda of those who incite war. War is a profitable business, they (inciters — ed.) work for someone else's benefit «, they are trying to enrich someone, huge millions are being made from the war. It’s all terrible. That’s why I’m so glad that I can appear on Russian television and express my point of view,» the performer added.
Earlier, Waters, at a meeting of the UN Security Council in February 2023, said that he did not consider the Russian operation in Ukraine unprovoked and condemned the provocateurs. He also called on US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky to agree on a ceasefire in Ukraine today.
In addition, the performer opposed the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv. On his page on social networks, he published a letter to Zelensky’s wife Elena, in which he criticized “adding fuel to the fire” by Western countries in the situation with Ukraine. Zelenskaya responded to the letter, but advised not to turn to her in search of peace.