Mrs Savchenko, the renegade forecaster, has not been heard on air since, and a top manager at the state-controlled radio station has argued that her unconventional broadcast was unacceptable. "If someone is talking about the weather they have to stick to the weather," said Roman Tchaikovsky, the executive. "It is not the kind of theme (politics) that merits mentioning. A person must talk about the weather concisely, with knowledge and accuracy, and even with wit, but only about the weather."