“I don’t think they could have imagined it. You would probably answer that they would be no less shocked by what happened in recent years in the Donbass. It’s true. But I’m not sure that this would justify what is happening in Ukraine now for them, ”the actor believes.
Slepakov urged Putin, out of respect for the memory of these people and the country’s spiritual heritage, to “find some other way out of this situation.” He expressed hope that although “things have already gone very far,” the president might be able to fix it.
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“After all, the Ukrainians and I are one cultural entity, and we don’t need to explain to each other what our Western partners will never understand,” Slepakov explained. – “<...> What is “Russo Touristo, the image of morale”, why the manager of the house is a friend of man, and also why it hurts our souls when a hoarse voice asks the horses to gallop a little slower along the cliff.”
The humorist urged the head of state not to let the people of the country “fall into that abyss that Vladimir Semenovich sang about [Высоцкий]”. “Perhaps, now in the whole world only you can do this,” he concluded.
On February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine aimed, according to Putin, at the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The Russian Defense Ministry emphasized that it only attacks military facilities and nothing threatens the civilian population.
In Ukraine, Russia’s actions were considered the outbreak of war. Martial law has been declared in the country, general mobilization has been introduced, and the airspace over the country has been closed. Kiev severed diplomatic relations with Moscow.
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Many Russian cultural figures opposed the hostilities in Ukraine: Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov, writer Boris Akunin, TV presenters Maxim Galkin and Ivan Urgant, singer Valery Meladze, producer Alexander Rodnyansky, literary critic Galina Yuzefovich and others.