Uzbekistan has canceled the music festival " It was supposed to take place in Tashkent on May 20 and 21. This is reported by Barron's, which is the "

“The festival has been canceled due to the participation of Russian singers and their posts on social media,” a spokesman for iTicket, Uzbekistan’s main ticket booking service, told the publication..

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The service’s Telegram channel says that “the current situation in the world is not conducive to holding large-scale music events”.

The publication notes that one of the founders of the festival is the singer Grigory Leps, who is under the sanctions of the European Union and Switzerland for supporting the war against Ukraine and giving concerts in the occupied territories.. Olga Buzova, who traveled to the occupied Donbass, was also supposed to perform at it..

The festival's Instagram page has been removed.

The Tashkent police reported that the event was canceled "

Many residents of Uzbekistan also opposed the holding of the “Heat” festival in Tashkent. Blogger Mirzayor Erkinov urged to boycott him.

Previously, the festivals were canceled by Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, explaining this by the "

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Recall that recently the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine prepared a new sanctions list of 47 pro-Putin figures who declared support for Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.. In particular, there is Grigory Leps. Sanctions will be imposed against them.