Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Ministry of Culture of Ukraine confirmed the presence of a black list of actors – RIA Novosti

KIEV, July 22 – RIA Novosti. Ministry of Culture of Ukraine confirmed the existence of a blacklist of artists, which includes French actor Gerard Depardieu, now the list is under consideration in the Security Service.

Earlier, the French edition of Ouest-France reported that Depardieu and Emir Kusturica put in a list of 600 people who “threaten the national security of Ukraine”.

According to the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, there is a list of 117 artists, that supposedly “represent a threat to national security of Ukraine.” This list is sent to the Office of the National Security and Defense in January.

“in the list Depardieu” – quoted Kirilenko edition “Ukrainian Truth”.

He said that about two weeks ago, the public initiative “Vidsich” and a number of other public organizations transferred to the Ministry of Culture with a large list the number of actors, artists, artists from Russia and other countries, which, according to them, “expressed support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.” This list also featured Depardieu.

“The list we appropriately accompaniment, under current legislation, forwarded to the Security Service of Ukraine. It should examine the threats to the territorial integrity of this case on the part of Gerard Depardieu and another 400 with something the man giving his conclusions, and only after that may be introduced sanctions regime “, – the minister said.

Kirilenko refuted the French edition of the ban on the demonstration of films featuring Depardieu. “It’s not about banning all movies and products developed with the participation of the actor” – he said.

Earlier, the Ukrainian government decided to ban entry of 14 cultural workers from Russia, supported the entry of the Crimea in the Russian Federation, and also expressed support for the Donetsk and Lugansk militia. In addition, the expert commission of the State Agency of Ukraine for the movie banned demonstration in the country dozens of movies and TV shows with the participation of Russian actors, in particular, visited the Donbass.

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