Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/16/russian-troops-kill-ukrainian-musician-yuriy-kerpatenko-for-refusing-role-in-kherson-concert

Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert

International condemnation swift after conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko shot dead in his home



Yuri Kerpatenko, chief conductor of the Kherson Philharmonic Orchestra

Charlotte Higgins and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv

Sun 16 Oct 2022 05.54 EDT

Russian soldiers have shot dead a Ukrainian musician in his home after he refused to take part in a concert in occupied Kherson, according to the culture ministry in Kyiv.

Conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko declined to take part in a concert “intended by the occupiers to demonstrate the so-called ‘improvement of peaceful life’ in Kherson”, the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page.

The concert on 1 October was intended to feature the Gileya chamber orchestra, of which Kerpatenko was the principal conductor, but he “categorically refused to cooperate with the occupants”, the statement said.

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1. Bullies, thugs, barbarians, culture-less subhumans...who else does such a thing?

How did that country breed such beings?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. It is abetted and encouraged from the very top down. But ALL countries "breed" people like that

It is passed from parent to child. Very few children are born nasty. Children want to play with other children. Colour or language or religion doesn't matter until their parents make it matter.

The Russian psyche tends toward (not "is" ) claiming victimhood and fatalism, but all societies have brutish thuggish people like those soldiers ... because parents.

Regardless, Putin encourages the ugly sides of Russian nationalism for his personal gain. Like all despots including tRump.