{"id":38965,"date":"2017-08-05T06:29:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T06:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=38965"},"modified":"2017-08-05T06:29:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T06:29:57","slug":"german-techno-band-faces-charges-for-crimea-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/german-techno-band-faces-charges-for-crimea-concert.html","title":{"rendered":"German techno band faces charges for Crimea concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">German techno band faces charges for Crimea concert<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">German techno band Scooter faces significant legal consequences for performing at a festival in the Crimea region of Ukraine that was annexed by Russia in 2014, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany said an interview published Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Andrij Melnyk, Ukraine&#8217;s envoy to Germany, told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain that the band&#8217;s decision to enter the Crimea region &#8220;illegally&#8221; on Thursday was &#8220;not only a scandal, but also a crime with serious legal consequences.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Melnyk said Ukrainian prosecutors had already begun legal proceedings against the band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;This isn&#8217;t some minor infraction, but a serious crime that will be punished,&#8221; he told the newspaper group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The band was due to appear at the ZBFest rock festival in Balaklava on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Scooter front man H.P. Baxxter told German media last month the band was going to Crimea to perform music, not engage in politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">No comment was immediately available from the band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-ukraine-crisis-germany-band-idUSKBN1AK2IG<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/german-techno-band-faces-charges-for-crimea-concert.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German techno band faces charges for Crimea concert German techno band Scooter faces significant legal consequences for performing at a festival in the Crimea region of Ukraine that was annexed by Russia in 2014, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany said an interview published Saturday. 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