A second Salzburg sponsor is accused of Putin ties

A second Salzburg sponsor is accused of Putin ties

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norman lebrecht

April 21, 2022

First, they signed with Gazprom.

Now the Solway Investment Group, a mining company based in Zug, Switzerland, has been listed by the investigative journalism site Bellingcat as a Kremlin-friendly group of Russian and Latvian moneymen. It is a major sponsor of Salzburg’s youth events.

Two artists at this summer’s Salzburg Festival, the Swiss writer Lukas Bärfuss and Latvian-US director Yana Ross, have called for an investigation.

Der Standard in Vienna has splashed the story.

 

Comments

  • Nightowl says:

    Even Darth Sidious has backed out??

  • MPMcGrath says:

    Shocked. I‘m shocked to think that this Austrian Festival has taken Russian money – and NOT returned the contribution.

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