energy, she shone in the metropolis of the pen in new york, london covinggarden and at the bolshoi theater russiabut the place of power for it has always been native, minsk today. my guest is the honored artist oksana volkova oksana good morning. good morning. i know that as a child one of your first expressions was i myself now that you do it yourself and you will never trust anyone for anything. thank you for the interesting question. do you know so far? i understand that this is the truth of this expression, because you want to do well. do it yourself and this is my rule, it applies, in principle, to everything in my family, what is in my house, what you are on my garden. e in my profession one and the other in some kind of representation in photo shoots. i am always in control. if i suddenly weaken my attention somewhere, then there are some jambs, and on the other hand, when you understand that you are doing it yourself, then he answers you. do you remember how you imagined your adult life when you were a little girl, i thought, but today. that's what i love today and where it will take me,

most for my career, the most important thing was when i entered the youth program of the bolshoi theater russia qualitative leap forward, and which then entailed such a serious development and, as a result, an international career. and i know that a few years ago you were part of a group of singers who were nominated for a grammy. among your awards are the opera and this is an analogue of the oscar it would seem that all the awards have been won, what's next? well actually, i think it is. well, a nationwide achievement. still, not every singer is nominated for graham. i am very grateful to konstantin arbilyan, with whom we we have also been cooperating for many years, who invited me to record the part of the mandalena at the rigolet opera with the outstanding dmitry khostovsky, and we did this in kaunas with the skaun symphony orchestra. and this record was indeed nominated. and hmm, it’s very bitter for me personally, because the granny jury didn’t mark this work, because dmitry was already more when and, uh, he sang just like a god, he lived this part for so long, he suffered it, and all the

she shone in the metropoliper in new york, london's coving garden and at the bolshoi theater of russiaer, it has always been native, minsk today. my guest is the honored artist oksana volkova oksana good morning. good morning. i know that in as a child, one of your first expressions was i myself now that you do it yourself and you will never trust anyone for anything. thank you for the interesting question. you know, so far i understand, that's the truth of this expression, because you want to do well. do it yourself and this is my rule, it applies, in principle, to everything in my family, what is in my house, what is in my garden. uh, in my profession, one and the other in some kind of representation in photo shoots. i am always in control. if i suddenly weaken my attention somewhere, it happens some jambs, and on the other hand, when you understand that you are doing it yourself, then he answers you. do you remember how you imagined your adult life when you were a little girl, i thought and today?

through sports through professional sports. wow leading soloist and ballet state academic bolshoi theater of russiana kretova artists of the state academic mariinsky theater louvre circus cheese dmitry volodinsky and laureate of circus competitions anastasia perepelitsyna i think that such shows are a great motivation for children. this is the development of sports, when they show the path from childhood to the end of what successes can be achieved. well, of course, after going through all the difficulties , obstacles, but in the end, you can still achieve any result if you love to work. sports love what you do, of course, hard work should come first. hallelujah the higher you rise, the harder it is to fall, people use this for no one, it's no secret that being the first is a very big responsibility, a heavy knife behind your back, and even a little bit, i always had great respect for the opponent. but on the platform, rivals, if you are the best, you will always be the winner, and the audience will watch. how to applaud the reverse side of your gold medal is always dark because it is the treasured

bolshoi now, it's toxic theater. nobody want to work with you. >> you said toxic. >> toxic, yes. in russia art, it's politics. s like weapon. >> reporter: the weapon was deployed at the bolshoi as recently as this past april, when the theater revived a production of "spartacus" in support of the russian military invasion. unnerving many in the dance world. including longtime head of the dutch national ballet, ted branson. >> well, it was a very clear statement that we have to support our boys who are on a military operation to save ukraine from the fascists. which is a totally ridiculous concept, of course. >> this allegory, "spartacus" about the slave revolt is somehow being co-opted by the aggressive superpower. >> absolutely. it's not for nothing that this became one of the signature ballets of the soviet time. ♪ >> reporter: abroad the ballet community has staged benefit concerts to raise funds for ukraine. while russia's famed companies, the bolshoi and st. petersburg's mariinsky, have had their touring dates canceled. >> i think you need to be a little more active with your arms. >> reporter: with the ir

even if it's the director general of channel one, russia, or the director of moscow's renowned bolshoi theater. a got a hold of the state employees stand on the wrong side of history. so did you know that we want to give them back a common sense of them? if you are a state employee, you mustn't give popstars or celebrities who were taking an openly anti russian position. any state money, i'm sure she's ah, but love is certain that she's chosen the right side. she thinks her fans across europe for their support. but what about her fans in russia? this year, the still not the russia is the country that's lost its way. you are new, which new at the top is a man who's leading this land in the wrong direction. but the latest they children and as long as people don't realize that they get to still nothing good will happen in that country with news has not yet much to me. sure, sure. this plan like english and performance is like this one will only be possible outside russia with russia continuing to wage its war against ukraine. life for ukrainians is lived in a constant state of emergency, especial

russia turned out to be not quite the same as described by mom and dad. yes , there were red squares of the bolshoi theaterthere is still a shortage the creation of obsolete machines and gloomy people did not reach the young man. a hail of reproaches and ridicule fell. yes, they had a conflict during this meeting and kolya's own uncle. uh, the guy, offended by the whole wide world, practically beat him up and changed his ticket in order to quickly return to his native and cozy paris, but on the way to the airport he was detained by the police. who are you, am i? the work of other foreign tourists was released with deep apologies, but it did not lead to anything. the trace of the mysterious frenchman was lost then it seemed that forever. and the detectives lost hope to someday solve the murder of a student, but suddenly in the capital forest park they found another strangled girl. this gloomy building is annoying even in scaffolding, even if you don’t know its history, it’s still uncomfortable. there is a very strong energy here. in the middle of the last century, this house caused almost sacred horror. eve