Spivakov was offered to renounce Ukrainian titles and awards
The famous Russian musician and conductor, People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Spivakov refused the Order of Francis Skaryna, which was awarded to him by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in 2014. As the conductor explained, the reason was the brutal actions of the Belarusian authorities to disperse local protests, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In his address to the President of Belarus, Spivakov called what was happening in the country obscurantism and tyranny.…