Film star is place on list of 500 foreign cultural figures who allegedly speak out ‘in support of violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine’ French actor Gérard Depardieu has reportedly been blacklisted by Ukraine as a “threat to [the country’s] national security” after making comments in support of his adopted homeland,Russia.
The 66-year-old film star and amateur vintner was included in a list of 500 foreign cultural figures who “speak out in support of violating the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine” that the culture ministry has submitted to the national security council for approval, the country’s culture minister, and Vyacheslav Kirilenko,told Ukrainska Pravda newspaper on Wednesday.
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Source: theguardian.com