Singer Laima Vaikule had never made political statements before, did not participate in discussions on sensitive topics, and even after the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation in 2014, she continued to tour and make money from Russia. However, last year, after the start of a special operation in Ukraine, the artist left the Russian Federation and began to actively criticize Russians and the country.
According to the author of her songs, Victor Pelenyagre, who is quoted by MK, it’s all about real estate. He suggested that in fact Vaikule is afraid that her house in Latvia will be taken away from her.
He recalled that in 1991, Latvians took away Vaikule’s hut in Jurmala. “And she is afraid that again these Balts, under the general leadership of Ursula von der Leyen, will do something similar,” the poet noted.
“I am one hundred percent sure that the “forest brothers” came to her and told her what and how to say. She succeeded, by and large, as a Russian singer with Latvian roots,” Pelenyagre noted.
Pelenyagre wrote such compositions for Vaikule as “Acapulco” and “I went to Piccadilly.”
Previously, Vaikule stated that she would no longer perform in front of Russians and refused to speak Russian, while the singer maintained her business in the Russian Federation.
Source: Rosbalt
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