Valeriy Meladze

Valery Meladze was surprised when he was called a “Russian guest” in Tashkent. In the first days of October, the singer visited Uzbekistan: here she gave a concert at the Palace of People’s Friendship and a private performance at a wedding. This event happened at the wedding: when Meladze was invited to the stage, she was introduced as a “Russian guest”, which surprised the singer – a video of this moment went viral on the network. The situation was saved by the host of the event, Ivan Urgant, who immediately intervened and called Meladze “a man-planet”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlAxXNb8GE

– “Neoprah, dammit!” reacted on the telegram channel.

In May, Valery Meladze announced that he was considering ending his musical career and plans to return to his first profession – before he became famous, he was engaged in water purification. Earlier it became known that Valery was on the list of unwanted artists. In addition to Meladze, it included other musicians who opposed the Russian military special operation in Ukraine, including Yuri Shevchuk, Zemfira, Little Big and others.

In February, Valery Meladze was one of the first to speak out against the actions of the Russian government. Later, the network started talking about the fact that the singer left Russia and went to France with his brother Konstantin, but the artist denied this.

Ivan Urgant has not been active on social networks lately, occasionally only posting photos of children. More than once there were rumors that the showrunner left Russia, but now and then he leads corporate parties in different cities of the country. His show “Evening Urgant” stopped broadcasting on Channel One at the end of February. Many associated this with Urgant’s position in the special operation: at the beginning he published an anti-war article. By the way, the father of the TV presenter, Andrey Urgant, said that he was “a loyal son of his people” and defended the “Russian army”.