A Polish music festival on Thursday said it cancelled an appearance by famous Balkan composer Goran Bregovic over his comments about Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, which Russia annexed last year. Poland has been one of Ukraine's strongest supporters over the last year as Ukrainian soldiers have fought pro-Russian separatists in the country's east. Bregovic was reported to have praised Russia and urged the West to be "cured of its paranoia". "The performer's statements after the concert, during which Bregovic minimised having performed on illegally annexed territory and declined to condemn Russia's armed intervention in Ukraine, run contrary to the values cherished by the Life Festival founders," they said.
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