Kobzon filed a lawsuit in the European court for a ban on entry into Latvia
National actor of the USSR Joseph Kobzon has filed a lawsuit in the European court against the Government of Latvia due to the fact that the authorities disrupted a performance artist in Jurmala in July, and requires to compensate for the damage.
first, the Latvian foreign Ministry has denied entry into the country to Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and Valerie because of their position on the reunification of the Crimea with Russia and on the events in Ukraine. Artists were required to perform at the contest " New wave ", which was held in Jurmala from 22 to 27 July.
" I must tell you: I went Together with a lawyer (Michael - edit) Barshchevsky in the European court, paid for the procedure and sue the Government of Latvia for the application of moral and material damage, " said Kobzon at the meeting of the division of the state Duma on culture.
" because I paid for the hotel, eleven, 5 thousand euros, to stay in Jurmala hotel, I did not return the money, " added the actor.
Kobzon was trying to explain, because this is an unexpected case of " force majeure ", which the singer is not dependent." They (the administration of) claim from us it is not dependent. Who did it? The government of Latvia, here you are to them and show your complaints, so I brought these complaints, " added the actor.
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