The founder of Pink Floyd, the British Roger Watersaccused by many of being anti-Semitic, he was invited this Wednesday by Russia to speak before the United Nations Security Council requested by Moscow on Ukraine, from where he asked for a truce, however justifying the Russian invasion.

“President (Joe) Biden, President (Vladimir) Putin, President (Volodimir) Zelensky, please change the course of events, agree to a ceasefire today, although of course this will only be the starting point,” the musician said aged 79.

“The invasion of Russia is illegal and I condemn it, but it was not without provocation, so I strongly condemn provocateurs as well,” he added, once again raising controversy by justifying Putin’s February 24 invasion. . of 2022.

After the news that Moscow had invited Waters to speak to the Council, a UN diplomat commented: “Russian diplomacy was serious. What now?” After Waters’ speech today by videoconference, the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, reiterated that “the West is directly at war in Ukraine”.

“It is participating not only by sending weapons and intelligence to Kiev, but by sending mercenaries and experts without whom the Ukrainians would not be able to use the systems sent by Westerners,” the Russian diplomat accused.

It was for a request from Russia

Russia surprised by asking the United Nations Security Council to include Roger Waters in the list of speakers for the meeting that the body will hold today on Ukraine.

Known for his pro-Russian positions and highly critical of Israel – to the point of being considered anti-Semitic – Waters was invited by the Russian representation before the Council after accusing the United States of having provoked the Ukrainian crisis.

In an interview provided to evaluate in the last months, he had accused Washington and its leadership of provoking the Ukrainian crisis, stripping Putin of all responsibility.

what Gilmour says

This week, Waters was once again accused of hating Jews. on this occasion david gimour and his wife Polly Samson They broke their silence and backed up these allegations against the former band member. Through his Twitter account, the former Pink Floyd guitarist’s partner wrote: “Unfortunately @rogerwaters you are anti-Semitic to the core.”

“Also a Putin apologist and a liar, thief, hypocrite, tax evader, lip-syncher, misogynist, envy-sick, megalomaniac. Enough nonsense,” he stressed.

The reactions quickly were not long in coming and some Internet users agreed with what the writer published. “To think that a man whose father died fighting the fascists would spend his old age as a spokesman for the fascists! It’s a depressing sight,” wrote one user.

But that’s not all, since David Gilmour quoted his wife’s tweet and emphatically agreed with him: “Every word is demonstrably true.”