> Russia's Mariinsky Theatre staged a surprise concert in the amphitheatre of the Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday, in what looked like an attempt by the Kremlin to win hearts and minds and remind the world of its role in the city's recapture.
>Gergiev, a longtime Putin supporter, described the concert as a protest against the barbarism and violence exhibited by Islamic State militants who had destroyed parts of Palmyra and used the city's Roman amphitheatre to execute prisoners.
>Thursday's concert had echoes of a performance conducted by Gergiev in August 2008, when the Mariinsky performed in front of the bombed-out parliament of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia after Russian forces defeated the Georgian army in a short war over the territory.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-syria-concert-idUSKCN0XW143
Thoughts? Here's the full thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b0hFIf4Zaw
>>73140517
Absolutly based
damn that's pretty cool
the last pic of this place was a bunch of guys lined up for execution
>>73140517
This is beautiful. Dumping art as tribute.
>>73141057
I knew they would milk this for maximum propaganda value, but this is over the top even for Putin's infamous PR men.
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>>73140517
Russian composers were absolutely based. I love Stravinsky and Korsakov.
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>>73141381
I hope the middle east becomes less turbulent without our lifetime so that I could visit some of these sites. Palmyra, and Petra especially.
>Russians return peace and civilization to Syria
OH VEY!
>>73141716
Did they also do this in Crimea?
>>73141875
kinda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9RwYPsVpfM
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>>73140517
based as fuck
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>>73142152
Russians have the best theatre production culture
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>>73142818
God Bless uncucked Russia
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>>73140517
kek I was playing RTW just yesterday and conquered a couple of these theatres, funny coincidence.
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>>73141813
I DIDNT SEE ANY GAY OR INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THAT ORCHESTRA
FUCKING SHITLORDS OPPRESSING SYRIANS NOW WITH THEIR RACIST TRANSPHOBIC CULTURE. WE NEED TO DEPLOY MORE UN TROOPS TO MAKE SURE THE SYRIAN REBELS CAN FIGHT THIS ABSOLUTELY APPALLING CONDUCT.
But to be honest this is really fucking neat. Whether it was just done as a stunt or not, An orchestra in a war torn shitskin country is like a big "fuck you" to the terrorists and jews attempting to help them to further destabalize the region.
Based russia. Even if it was done for propaganda, I dont care. Based.
