The Italian singer Al Bano, who was popular in Europe and the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s, said that he was called to Moscow for the Concert for Peace.. According to him, the speech is scheduled for late August or early September, writes the Italian news agency ANSA.

The singer told reporters that the person who was his impresario in Russia and organized four of his performances for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told him to be ready to sing at the concert " The event should take place on Red Square in Moscow.

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It should be noted that the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine in 2019 introduced Italian singer Al Bano on the list of people who threaten Ukrainian national security.

In July 2022, Al Bano stated that he was a fan of Putin, but a full -scale invasion of Ukraine was an unpleasant surprise for him.

" So much so that Ukraine ranked me to people undesirable Ukrainian people, then we all clarified. But this new operation of Putin was very surprised at me. A person who was on the verge of receiving the Nobel Prize of the World, who was on the cover of Time magazine as a man of the year, cannot move from such love for the West to such hatred for this small country.

This is also a matter of proportions. Russia is a giant, Ukraine is a mouse, it’s not humanly acting like that, ”he said.

Recall, on February 15, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky spoke at the Munich Security Conference. He expressed the belief that Europe should create its own armed forces in order to be able to independently withstand threats by the Russian Federation.

US Vice President Jay Di Wence during a speech at a conference in Munich on February 14 "