It’s easy for us to forget just how much freedom we enjoy here in the U.S., writes KayleeDMcGhee. 'The Russian people can’t say the same. But instead of offering them an olive branch of understanding, our culture is punishing them.'
? Russian dictator Vladimir Putin or the people unfortunate enough to have been born in his country?
This is a hysterical overreaction. Russian vodka made up only 1.3% of all vodka imported into the United States last year — hardly enough to make the Russian economy feel a significant effect. Meanwhile, non-Russian vodka distillers are actually getting hurt.and Smirnoff have also been mistakenly removed from American stores, even though the former is made in Latvia and the latter in the U.S.
“It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,” Met General Manager Peter Gelb said in a statement announcing the opera’s decision. “Anna is one of the greatest singers in Met history, but with Putin killing innocent victims in Ukraine, there was no way forward.”
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