Maria Maksakova, a mezzo soprano soloist with St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater, is one of the few people in the Russian government to speak out in public against the controversial law that has been met with international condemnation.
“I am very sad to see that the Olympic Games in Sochi for which we have so long and anxiously prepared will come to pass with less brilliance and passion because of this unfortunate initiative that was so hastily — and I believe without thoughtful discussion – adopted by parliament,” she said.
