Singer Valeria and her husband and producer Iosif Prigozhin has postponed a trip to Jurmala at the international contest of young singers " New wave ", although included in the list of the Latvian foreign Ministry singer's name does not correspond to its name on the passport, told Last news Prigozhin.

The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Latvia has made in the " black list " of persons banned from entering the country, the names of three figures of Russian culture - Iosif Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and Alla Perfilovo, popular under the stage name Valeria. As informs the Ministry, this decision is connected with the opinions expressed by these artists position in connection with joining of Crimea to Russia, and in relation to the events in Ukraine.

" Lera passport - Valeria perfilova, not Allah, and, anyway, we decided to postpone the trip until the official resolution of this issue, to defend any unpleasant and humiliating situations on the border, " explained the incident Prigozhin. Currently they are in Geneva.

According to Prigogine, the press-service of Latvian foreign Ministry refused to comment the decision of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Adraga of Rinkevich.

On Tuesday in Jurmala will start the annual international music festival of young singers " New wave ", which invited all the artists from the " black list ".

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