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Pro-Ukraine protesters hold up placards and flags during a demonstration against the Royal Opera House in London, as the house had set an Russian opera singer to perform the lead in Puccini's Tosca, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

LONDON – Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters have demonstrated outside the Royal Opera House in London to protest a performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko.

Protesters outside Thursday’s opening night of Giacomo Puccini's “Tosca” held Ukrainian flags and signs saying “While Netrebko sings, Ukraine bleeds” and “Stop glorifying Russian aggressor culture.”

Netrebko received an award from Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2008 but has not performed in Russia since it

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