Artist Charli XCX was at the Berlin Film Festival this week with her mockumentary “The Moment.” On the occasion of the film’s Berlin premiere on February 14th, the artistic team organized an afterparty together with a party collective led by Russian DJ Anastasia Shevtsova. Shevtsova also DJed during the after-party.
Several Ukrainian artists and activists drew attention to the fact that Anastasia Shevtsova is the daughter of Zhanna Shevtsova, who heads the Russian Traditsiya foundation. Charli
At Traditsiyas The website says that since 2023, the foundation has launched projects in “the new regions of the Russian Federation,” such as the Russian-occupied Ukrainian cities of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk. The website also states that the foundation has worked with Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.
The Brat star now writes on his Instagram that “neither I nor my team had any knowledge of the alleged connection.” She also writes:
“I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am against Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine and stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people.”
The Russian DJ Anastasia Shevtsova, on the other hand, has distanced herself from connections to the war in Ukraine. She writes on her Instagram: “I want to be judged by my own actions and values, not assumptions about the people around me.”
“The moment” is came from an idea by Charli XCX and is about a British pop star who goes on an arena tour. The main roles are played by Alexander Skarsgård and Kylie Jenner, among others.
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