Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov wrote an open letter to the Council of the European Union, in which he criticized the EU due to his getting on the black list. Mikhalkov’s letter was published by the Russian media.
In a letter, Mikhalkov listed his awards, including the American Oscar and the Grand Prix of the festival in Cannes. According to him, this emphasizes that he is “not a politician, not an official and not a civil servant,” but “a Russian artist and representative of an ancient Russian family.”
He criticized the EU power for “considering themselves a civilized democratic society”, declared sanctions to a person who expresses personal opinion “in his country, in his homeland.”
According to the director, for 11 years on the Russia-24 channel he has been the transfer of Besogon and over all these years, he has never changed his point of view on any of the key questions that he posed. “
“Without knowing what you say, you declare me a propagandist of the Kremlin. But for reference, if you are interested in: I do not receive a single penny from the channel or the state and make a transfer at my own expense,” Mikhalkov said.
In his letter, Mikhalkov announced the “awakened Nazism” in Ukraine, approaching NATO “close to the borders of Russia” and accused European leaders of “betrayal of the Minsk agreements”, “cynical lies” and “planting Russophobia”. In addition, he justified the annexation of Crimea, saying that otherwise, “after the fascist coup” of 2014, a bloody bathhouse would occur. “
Western leaders Mikhalkov promised the tribunal from the third world countries, “which are waiting for our victory today, but have neither the strength nor the ability to express it openly.” At the end of the letter, he also emphasized that President Vladimir Putin is the only world leaders who stood in the way of “destructive tsunami of hypocrisy.”
Moscow Times notes that due to the sanctions of the European Union Mikhalkov could lose the villa with winery in Italian Tuscany. The La Madonna estate worth 4 million euros is located on the outskirts of a medieval town near the Mass-Maritthim commune. The Italian lands of Mikhalkov occupy 11 hectares. In addition, his relatives own elite real estate in Spanish Andalusia and Torrevieha, as well as two hotels in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.
Note that a few days ago, Mikhalkov revealed bilateral polysegmenting pneumonia and placed in a specialized covid hospital. On Monday, January 16, it became known that the chio’s health of the 77-year-old director improved due to treatment, the temperature and pressure normalized.