Russian state news agency TASS repeated this claim on Tuesday. Most chatter holds that Waters’ recent statements caught the website’s attention. The easiest rumor to debunk is how long Waters has been on Myrotvorets’ list. The veracity of the allegations circulating online get murkier from there. Waters is indeed also on Myrotvorets’ list. (Ukraine denies Russia’s accusation that it’s responsible for the car bombing that killed Dugina, the editor of a Russian disinformation website who herself was personally subject to United States sanctions.) It is also true that some of the thousands of people on Myrotvorets’ list have been killed, most recently Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The European Union, G7 nations, and human rights groups have also castigated the site for including journalists on its list and called on Ukraine to investigate. In 2017, the United Nations called for Ukraine to investigate the site for publishing the personal information of thousands of journalists and deeming them enemies of the state. It is true that Myrotvorets is a controversial website that maintains a list of people it deems enemies of Ukraine. They’re spreading wild rumors about a plot involving various combinations of Myrotvorets, NATO, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Ukrainian government.Īs is often the case with conspiracy theories, these rumors blend fact and fiction. Russian sympathizers online are outraged. The website, Myrotvorets (Ukrainian for “peacekeeper”) placed Waters on its list of people who spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda, which critics refer to as its “kill list.” A notorious Ukrainian website takes the latter view. In a CNN interview earlier this month, Waters called President Joe Biden a “war criminal” and accused him of “fueling the fire in the Ukraine.” Waters also lambasted the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for “pushing right up to the Russian border,” implying NATO is to blame for Russia invading Ukraine.ĭepending on one’s viewpoint, Waters was either speaking truth to power or regurgitating Russian propaganda. All rights reserved.Roger Waters, the outspoken co-founder of the influential British rock band Pink Floyd, recently went off about the war in Ukraine. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)”Ĭopyright © 2022, ABC Audio. Roger’s backing band features guitarists Jonathan Wilson and Dave Kilminster, keyboardist/guitarist Jon Carin, bassist Gus Seyffert, keyboardist Robert Walter, drummer Joey Waronker, sax player Seamus Blake, and backing vocalists Shanay Johnson and Amanda Belair. Waters also played two songs from his most recent solo album, 2017’s Is This the Life We Really Want?: the title track and “Déjà Vu.” In the middle of his first set, Roger introduced a brand-new tune called “The Bar,” which he reprised later in the concert. Waters’ two-set show featured over 20 songs and included multiple-song segments from Pink Floyd’s classic 1970s albums The Wall, Wish You Were Here and The Dark Side of the Moon. At one point, Waters fired a fake automatic rifle at the crowd. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also reports the video screens bombarded the audience with provocative messages, film clips and images that focused on issues, including the evils of war, racial injustice, corporate greed, political corruption, gun violence and reproductive, trans and Palestinian rights. As the concert began, a message ran across the screen notifying the crowd, “If you’re one of those ‘I love Pink Floyd but I can’t stand Roger’s politics’ people, you might do well to f*** off to the bar right now.” In pre-tour announcements, Waters hinted that the shows would feature plenty of the pointed social and political commentary he’s known for, and that was the case. Former Pink Floyd singer/bassist Roger Waters kicked off his long-delayed This Is Not a Drill Tour of North America last night at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.Īs seen in fan-posted videos and photos, Waters and his band performed in the round on a rectangular stage that featured massive video walls.
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