Gerard Depardieu turns round on Putin: “Stop the weapons”

In a moment of international tension, proclamations and silences have more or less the same weight, and Gerard Depardieu’s towards his friend Vladimir Putin was the loudest of all. After obtaining a Russian passport in 2013, which greatly displeased the then French President François Hollande, Depardieu had repeatedly praised Putin by calling Russia “a great democracy”. Words that, especially today, take on a completely different value, to the point of prompting the actor to partially retract his thoughts.

Gerard Depardieu

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Gerard Depardieu has, in fact, entrusted his thoughts on what is happening in Eastern Europe to AFP, explaining that «Russia and Ukraine have always been brother countries. I am against this fratricidal war and I say “stop the weapons and negotiate!” “. In short, the climate has changed. Especially because, during an interview with the tabloid Komsomolskaia PravdaDepardiu even compared Putin to Pope John Paul II and former French president François Mitterand.

Gerard Depardieu

Tensions surrounding Depardieu’s dark position have led the press to squeeze information out of everyone, including the actress. Macha MérilMichel Legrand’s widow, who had glossed over the question very elegantly by replying that she simply hoped that Gerard was aware of what was happening.

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