‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin
Summary
Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev urged President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine, calling it senseless and harmful to the country’s future. Putin’s spokesman refused to deliver the message, accusing Zvyagintsev of not condemning violence in eastern Ukraine.Key Facts
- Andrey Zvyagintsev is a well-known Russian film director living in exile in France.
- He won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival for his new film Minotaur.
- At Cannes, Zvyagintsev publicly called on President Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
- He sent a written message to Putin via the president’s press secretary urging peace.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to pass on Zvyagintsev’s anti-war plea.
- Peskov accused Zvyagintsev of lacking the right to call for peace because he did not condemn alleged violence in eastern Ukraine.
- Zvyagintsev responded that the Russian people also have no voice since Putin ignores them.
- The Kremlin has not officially replied to Zvyagintsev’s message, and some Ukrainian commentators criticized his plea as ineffective.
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