On the fourth day of the Atlas Weekend music festival in Kiev, its most controversial participant Valery Meladze performed. Before his arrival, several public organizations filed petitions asking him to ban his concert.. But the organizers of the festival have increased security in order to protect the Russian artist.. This is stated in the July 9 story of TSN. 19: 30.

Valery Meladze was never banned from entering Ukraine because of his political position, since he never clearly expressed it. Whose Crimea - not defined. He called Russian aggression and the war in Donbass a far-fetched process.

Public organizations that protested against the arrival of Meladze also reproached the artist for his friendship with the Belarusian dictator Lukashenko. However, the organizers of the festival do not see any problems with the participation of the Russian singer, considering that Ukraine is not alien to him..

During the performance of Valery Meladze, everyone seemed to have fun, except for the security, which was several times more than at the concerts of other artists. The security guards were overly active, in particular, trying to get the guy wrapped in the red and black flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

The young man, who identified himself as Yegor, says that in this way he demonstrates his peaceful protest against Meladze's speech. Notes that he hoped that there would be more disaffected people like him. "

Meanwhile, fans of Meladze's work sang along with the Russian performer.