I am sure you are aware of the current situation in Ukraine and how people living there are suffering every day from Russian aggression for over a month now. My closest family is in Ukraine. Every day I wake up and the first thing I do is to check whether they are alive and ok. This is the feeling I cannot explain enough and would not wish anyone to ever experience. With that being said, today I have discovered that the music band " Ruki VVerh" which is very popular amongst Russian speaking public, not only performed on March, 18th 2022 in Moscow to openly support Russian President Putin and Kremlin in their War and aggression against Ukraine, but also is allowed to come to NYC this May, as well as Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Atlanta, Toronto: https://eventcartel.com/events/ruki-vverh-usa-tour-2020-buy-tickets-121/

I and other members of the Ukrainian community find it completely unacceptable and borderline offensive. While pro-war supporters are being sanctioned all over the world, these individuals plan on visiting USA and Canada, doing shows, and making money of their pro-aggression propaganda as peaceful Ukrainians are dying. As a measure of support for peace in Ukraine, we are respectfully asking you to not support these pro-Kremlin individuals promoting War, and please look into this issue and ban this concert from happening as well as blacklisting these individuals, in analogy with EU country Latvia: https://www.leta.lv/eng/home/important/E365A4B4-C59D-43AD-8772-42C32A59DCD6/

Thank you for your time and cooperation on this sensitive topic for our community.