The founder of Pink Floyd, the British
Roger Waters
, accused from various sectors of being anti-Semitic, was invited by Russia this Wednesday to speak before the United Nations Security Council requested by Moscow about Ukraine, from where he called for a truce, justifying, however, the Russian invasion.
"President (Joe) Biden, President (Vladimir) Putin, President (Volodimir) Zelensky, please change the course of events, agree to a ceasefire today, although obviously this will only be the starting point," said the musician from 79 years.
"The invasion of Russia is illegal and I condemn it, but it was not without provocation, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest terms," he added, once again raising controversy by justifying the invasion ordered by Putin on February 24. of 2022.
Roger Waters on his This Is Not a Drill tour, performing in Los Angeles, California on September 27, 2022. Reuters Photo
Following the news that Moscow had invited Waters to speak at the Council, a diplomat from the UN body commented: "Russian diplomacy was serious. What now?"
After Waters' speech today by video conference, the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, reiterated that "the West is directly in the war in Ukraine."
"It is participating not only by sending weapons and intelligence to kyiv, but by sending mercenaries and experts without whom the Ukrainians would not be able to use the systems sent by the Westerners," the Russian diplomat accused.
It was for a request from Russia
Russia surprised by asking the United Nations Security Council to include Roger Waters in the list of speakers for the meeting that the body will hold today on Ukraine.
"President Biden, President Putin, President Zelensky, please agree to a ceasefire today," Waters said.
Known for pro-Russian positions and very critical of Israel - to the point that he is considered anti-Semitic - Waters was invited by the Russian representation before the Council after accusing the United States of having caused the Ukrainian crisis.
In an interview provided to
Tass
in recent months,
he had accused Washington and its leadership of having provoked the Ukraine crisis, taking Putin's responsibility away
.
what gilmour says
This week, Waters was once again accused of hating Jews.
On this occasion ,
David Gilmour
and his wife,
Polly Samson
, broke the silence and supported these accusations against the former member of the band.
Through his Twitter account, the ex-Pink Floyd guitarist's partner wrote: "Sadly @rogerwaters you are anti-Semitic to your rotten core."
David Gilmour and Roger Waters: former teammates with unfinished business.
"Also an apologist for Putin and a liar, thief, hypocrite, tax evader, lip syncronist, misogynist, sick with envy, megalomaniac. Enough nonsense," he pointed out.
The reactions quickly did not wait and some Internet users agreed with what was published by the writer.
"To think that a man whose father died fighting the fascists would spend his old age as a spokesman for the fascists! It's a depressing sight," wrote one user.
But this was not all, since David Gilmour quoted his wife's tweet and forcefully agreed with him: "Every word is demonstrably true."
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