UPDATE: Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Principal Conductor, Lashes Out Against Russian Influence in Ukraine

Principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits, has been speaking out against the recent killings in his capital, Kiev. In recent dialogue with The London Times, Karabits contested the Russian perspective in Ukraine, all while President Yanukovych remained M.I.A.

Kirill Karabits had this to say:

"My mother and sister live in the centre of Kiev and now I've been watching what's happening there almost 24 hours a day on television. I never imagined that one day things would go so far that people would be killing each other in the central square of my capital city."

From what I'm hearing, everyone is fed up. It's corruption on all levels in daily life, from being stopped by policemen in your car to trying to get any money from the government for any project--and I know plenty about that.

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