Comments on: Clapton’s Concert Canceled http://ruminationsonrussia.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/claptons-concert-canceled/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:36:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: copydude http://ruminationsonrussia.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/claptons-concert-canceled/#comment-134 copydude Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:16:00 +0000 http://ruminationsonrussia.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/claptons-concert-canceled/#comment-134 There are various conflicting reports about this. Your guess is as good as any. But it was interesting to read this in today's UK 'Independent'. The story was about potential damage to St Basil's from new construction on Red Square. But this paragraph may interest you. Quote:<br/><br/>" Andrei Batalov, head of the cathedral's restoration commission, believes that . . . Moscow's construction boom is not the only threat facing the cathedral. He said it is also being put under strain from rock concerts on Red Square. The music is frequently 100 times above the legal norm, he said, and St Basil's intricately restored wall murals and icons are at risk of peeling off the walls as a result."<br/><br/>http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1209750.ece There are various conflicting reports about this. Your guess is as good as any. But it was interesting to read this in today’s UK ‘Independent’. The story was about potential damage to St Basil’s from new construction on Red Square. But this paragraph may interest you. Quote:

” Andrei Batalov, head of the cathedral’s restoration commission, believes that . . . Moscow’s construction boom is not the only threat facing the cathedral. He said it is also being put under strain from rock concerts on Red Square. The music is frequently 100 times above the legal norm, he said, and St Basil’s intricately restored wall murals and icons are at risk of peeling off the walls as a result.”

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1209750.ece

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