# Anna Netrebko fired from the Met Opera

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion, music\
**Created:** [March 4, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442 "2022-03-04T06:00:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442/14 "2022-03-04T18:59:56Z")

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Thread over in the Game Room:

> [@Ovechkin: Supporter of Team Putin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ovechkin-supporter-of-team-putin/960163):
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> Until Team Putin invades another country, and then “I’m not in politics, I’m an athlete.” Strange how Ovechkin, the non-political-athlete, started a social movement to support Putin, announcing it on his Instagram account on November 2, 2017: But now that Team Putin is invading a neighbouring country, killing soldiers and endangering civilians, “I’m not in politics, I’m an athlete.” Sanctions for the Washington Caps until they get rid of their “just-an-athlete-who-supports-Team-Putin”?

(We have to be careful to keep high culture thread topics separate from bruising physical low-brow activities. {{cultured shudder}}

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