Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters addressed the UN Security Council on Wednesday at the invitation of Russia, calling Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor illegal – although he believed it was provoked – and calling for a ceasefire. called upon.
“He’s lucky to be in New York, in a free country, speak his mind, say whatever he likes, including Russian aggression and how wrong it is. If he were in Russia, What he said, he could have been in custody by now,” Ferit Hoxha, Albania’s ambassador to the United Nations, told the 15-member Security Council.
Soon after Moscow’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced tough new laws on spreading “misinformation” about the war or defaming the Russian military. Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polansky, rejected Hoxha’s remarks on Wednesday, saying his country respected freedom of expression.