...This had to be a bad concert for these people.....I'm sure they weren't allowed to use the concession booths either.

The latest from South Ossetia  - A few meters from a musical concert, the Georgian hostages were able to watch the event from the barracks they were being held in.

...and excerpt from a local article -

Valery Gergiev’s provocative performance in South Ossetia will come as little surprise to the arts community, where he has used his position as one of the world’s leading conductors to sing the praises of his homeland. Maestro Gergiev is Ossetia’s most famous son and an outspoken supporter of the Moscow regime. He counts Vladimir Putin as a close friend, indeed, the two men are said to be godfather to one another’s children. They met in the early 1990s, when Putin was deputy mayor of St Petersburg and a regular at the Mariinsky Theatre, where Gergiev is artistic director.

Maestro Gergiev, 55, is a native of North Ossetia, raised in the city of Vladikavkaz. He studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory and began his career in 1978 as assistant conductor of the Kirov Opera, now the Mariinsky Opera, becoming artistic director in 1988. He was appointed principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2005. Maestro Gergiev is also principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Met in New York. In 2004, he led an emotional memorial concert for the victims of the school massacre in Beslan, North Ossetia. He said at the time, “I feel a little guilty. We who know this region did not do enough to protect peaceful life”.


I wonder if any of the prisoners were allowed to tape the show?
sad but true.........
PP