The great French actor Gerard Depardieu condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for his actions in Ukraine
“The Russian people are not responsible for the insane, unacceptable excesses of their leaders, such as Vladimir Putin,” the film star, who had previously admired and befriended the Russian leader, told AFP.
Depardieu even left France and took Russian citizenship in 2013 in protest of a proposed tax increase for the rich in his homeland. At the time, he often praised Russia, calling it a “great democracy,” and praised Putin, whom he once compared to the late Pope John Paul II.
Although he was a friend of the Russian president, the 72-year-old artist, he spoke out against the war in Ukraine and called for talks days after the Russian invasion began last month. “Russia and Ukraine have always been fraternal states,” he said at the time.
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