Legendary actor Gerard Depardieu has taken a stand against Vladimir Poutine! What’s more, quite clearly this time, when he had called for negotiations in early March. We remember that the two men were friends and were seen together. We also know the closeness of the actor with Russia in general, of which he even became a citizen. Also, we had the right to expect, from the famous interpreter of Cyrano de Bergerac that he gives us his vision of the tragic events which upset Eastern Europe.
Thus, this Thursday, Gérard Depardieu denounced “the crazy unacceptable excesses” by Vladimir Putin, announcing that all of the proceeds from his concerts scheduled for the beginning of April at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées “will go to Ukrainian victims“. Indeed, the latter will perform on stage three evenings in a row to sing the songs of Barbara, of whom he was the friend. “The Russian people are not responsible for the mad and unacceptable excesses of their leaders like Vladimir Putin“, continued in a statement to AFP the star, who had praised the Russian leader in the past. “All of the proceeds from the three concerts I give at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (…) will go to the Ukrainian victims of this tragic fratricidal war (…) I have always had a singular penchant for the Russian people so well described by Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Gogol, Pasternak and so many other artists… Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich” also said the actor to AFP.
The sacred monster of French cinema, who has French and Russian nationalities, obtained a Russian passport in January 2013, against a background of disagreement with the tax policy of President François Hollande. Since then, Gérard Depardieu has never ceased to praise his new homeland, Russia, a “great democracy”, and to praise Vladimir Putin, whom he had notably compared to the pope. John Paul II.