The Kremlin wants to “explain” the conflict to Gérard Depardieu

This Thursday, Gérard Depardieu denounced, in a press release, “the crazy unacceptable excesses” of Vladimir Poutine and indicated that he would donate all the proceeds from his three concerts at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées to the Ukrainian victims. A gesture and words that the Kremlin obviously does not understand, volunteering to “explain” the conflict in Ukraine to the actor, believing that he did not “understand” the situation.

“I think Depardieu probably doesn’t understand everything that’s going on, because he’s not totally immersed in political news,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov quipped on Friday. ” He does not understand […] what are [les régions séparatistes prorusses en Ukraine de] Donetsk and Lugansk, he is unaware of the shelling of civilians,” Moscow blames kyiv for, he added. “If necessary, we are ready to tell him and explain it to him so that he understands better. If he wishes, ”concluded Dmitry Peskov.

Could Gérard Depardieu lose his Russian passport?

As a sign of the annoyance aroused in Moscow by the critics of Depardieu, a Russian deputy, Soultan Khamzaev, called on the authorities to withdraw his Russian nationality and to transfer his real estate in the country to charities. “It is important to talk about the need to withdraw his passport from Gérard Depardieu for his presumptuous attacks and his claim to speak on behalf of the Russian people, who have not delegated this right to him,” said Soultan Khamzaev, quoted by the agencies. Russians.

Gérard Depardieu, sacred monster of French cinema, has had a Russian passport since 2013, a document personally delivered by Vladimir Putin, whom he has showered with praise in recent years, comparing him, for example, to Pope John Paul II. But after the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, the French actor expressed his opposition to this “fratricidal war”, calling on March 1 to “stop arms and negotiate”.