Sergey Shnurov announced a “self-default” from the post of general producer of RTVI and temporary termination of cooperation with the TV channel. According to Shnurova, such a decision is associated with the mismatch of views with the editors of the TV channel.
“I decided to focus on the development of my own musical projects, so in the current situation I want to report a temporary self-destruction from the post of the general producer of RTVI. In the context of the events, my opinion may not coincide with the editorial policy of RTVI, not wanting anything. Even indirectly, influence the image and information policy of RTVI, I decided to temporarily stop working with the channel, “said Sergey Shnurov, his words are given on the canal site. RTVI supported this solution.
“Given the cultural, religious, political features of the views of our international audience, we understand that the conflict between these views and the personal position of Sergey, expressed by him in his musical works, will be inevitable,” the executive director of the channel Olga Paveen said.
On the eve, Sergey Shnurov released a clip in which he compared the attitude of the Western world to the Russians with attitudes towards the Jews in Germany, the times of the 40s of the last century.