Volodymyr Zelensky will not intervene in video at the Sanremo Festival, but will send a text that will be read on stage by the conductor Amadeus .
This was announced by Rai prime time entertainment director Stefano Coletta: "We are in daily contact with Ambassador Melny and we have come to the definition of the speech by the Ukrainian president, who will send a text".
« It seems complicated to me - added Coletta regarding the possibility of a preventive control of the text - to be able to censor the president . The control of us executives is prior to the airing of each program, but I smile at the idea of a Rai executive who can censor a president ».
On the contents instead: «We still don't know, we will be more punctual in the next few days».
The decision was made on 2 February : «As soon as the Ukrainian president's interest in speaking to the Italians was announced in the interview between Vespa and Zelensky and therefore the artistic director Amadeus and I were informed, a conversation began newspaper with the ambassador. On the afternoon of February 2, the ambassador replied that the president would have preferred to send a text, which would be read by Amadeus».
(Unioneonline/L)