Actors of the Donbass Opera Theater, also known as the Donetsk Opera Theater, stage a performance in Donetsk on Dec. 13, 2014.?
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, one of the biggest names in international opera, has stirred controversy by posing with the flag of Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels and making a donation to the opera house in the separatists' main stronghold, Donetsk.?
Netrebko said on Facebook she had not recognized the flag of "Novorossiya" (New Russia) when she posed alongside a rebel official on Sunday and entrusted him with the donation of 1 million rubles ($18,439).
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