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[[File:Waters Peacemaker.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Roger Waters on the official [[Ukrainian]] government's assassination list.]]

[[File:Waters Peacemaker.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Roger Waters on the official [[Ukrainian]] government's assassination list.]]

'''Roger Waters''' is a singer, songwriter and lyricist, who often plays bass guitar, and sometimes guitars. He is primarily known for being one of the creative geniuses of the progressive rock band [[Pink Floyd]]. After leaving the band in 1984, he began a moderately successful solo career. Roger Waters is a well-known philanthropist who gives annually to various religious charities<ref>http://www.roger-waters.com/fallen.php</ref>  And also became infamous as a bigot.

'''Roger Waters''' is a singer, songwriter and lyricist, who often plays bass guitar, and sometimes guitars. He is primarily known for being one of the creative geniuses of the progressive rock band [[Pink Floyd]]. After leaving the band in 1984, he began a moderately successful solo career. Roger Waters is a well-known philanthropist who gives annually to various religious charities<ref>http://www.roger-waters.com/fallen.php</ref>  On the other hand,  he became infamous as a bigot.

In February 2022 Waters told an [[RT]] interviewer that Russia was responding to [[NATO]] provocations: "This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border – which they promised they wouldn’t do when [[Gorbachev]] negotiated the withdrawal of the [[U.S.S.R.]] from the whole of [[Eastern Europe]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-defends-branding-joe-biden-as-a-war-criminal-hes-fuelling-the-fire-in-the-ukraine-3284791|title=Roger Waters defends branding Joe Biden as a war criminal: "He's fuelling the fire in the Ukraine"|last=Robinson|first=Ellie|date=7 August 2022|website=[[NME]]|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810230610/https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-defends-branding-joe-biden-as-a-war-criminal-hes-fuelling-the-fire-in-the-ukraine-3284791|archive-date=10 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-waters-joe-biden-war-criminal/|title=Why Rogers Waters Calls Joe Biden 'A War Criminal'|last=Rapp|first=Allison|date=8 August 2022|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810201200/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-waters-joe-biden-war-criminal/|archive-date=10 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In another interview, Waters said the invasion of Ukraine was "probably the most provoked invasion ever" and refused to "see Russia from the current [[Russo-phobic]] perspective".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2023-02-08 |title=Roger Waters Addresses U.N. Security Council, at Russia’s Behest, Urging Peace but Repeating Charge That Ukraine Invasion Was ‘Provoked’ |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-addresses-united-nations-security-council-russia-ukraine-pink-floyd-1235517133/ |access-date= |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In February 2022 Waters told an [[RT]] interviewer that Russia was responding to [[NATO]] provocations: "This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border – which they promised they wouldn’t do when [[Gorbachev]] negotiated the withdrawal of the [[U.S.S.R.]] from the whole of [[Eastern Europe]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-defends-branding-joe-biden-as-a-war-criminal-hes-fuelling-the-fire-in-the-ukraine-3284791|title=Roger Waters defends branding Joe Biden as a war criminal: "He's fuelling the fire in the Ukraine"|last=Robinson|first=Ellie|date=7 August 2022|website=[[NME]]|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810230610/https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-defends-branding-joe-biden-as-a-war-criminal-hes-fuelling-the-fire-in-the-ukraine-3284791|archive-date=10 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-waters-joe-biden-war-criminal/|title=Why Rogers Waters Calls Joe Biden 'A War Criminal'|last=Rapp|first=Allison|date=8 August 2022|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810201200/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-waters-joe-biden-war-criminal/|archive-date=10 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In another interview, Waters said the invasion of Ukraine was "probably the most provoked invasion ever" and refused to "see Russia from the current [[Russo-phobic]] perspective".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2023-02-08 |title=Roger Waters Addresses U.N. Security Council, at Russia’s Behest, Urging Peace but Repeating Charge That Ukraine Invasion Was ‘Provoked’ |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-addresses-united-nations-security-council-russia-ukraine-pink-floyd-1235517133/ |access-date= |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>