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    Supporters of Ukraine protest a Russian conductor at New York concerts

    Valery Gergiev, who has been closely allied with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, is due to take part in a three-concert series at Carnegie Hall.
    by Anastasia Tsioulcas Feb 24, 2022 1 minute

    Activists who support Ukraine are protesting a three-concert series at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall this weekend featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev.

    Gergiev is not just any Russian musician: over the years, he has been closely allied. (Donetsk is also one of the areas which Putin recognized as an on Monday, and to which he ordered Russian troops.)

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