When the soprano Anna Netrebko made a donation earlier this week to an opera house in Donetsk, a war-torn city in Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, she declared that it was "not about politics" but about art. But the picture that circulated around the world after she made the donation showed her holding a flag used by some separatist groups.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
New York Times: Donation to Ukrainian opera house puts Netrebko in a political spotlight
Russian singer Anna Netrebko performs during a concert in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Jan. 15, 2013.
