Nikita Mikhalkov responded to Sobchak’s investigation of his income
Director Nikita Mikhalkov commented on the investigation of his professional activities conducted by the presenter Ksenia Sobchak. This happened on the air of his show on the YouTube channel “BesogonTV”.
The filmmaker cited an excerpt from Sobchak’s video, in which she voiced the large sums spent on a number of his films, calling what was happening “very suspicious.”
Mikhalkov replied that only 22 percent of the budget money was spent on the creation of the films she mentioned “in connection with the law on state support for state cinema.” “We found the rest of the money ourselves. We have been filming these three films for over nine years. During this time, including extras, thousands of people found jobs, received salaries, including those actors, whose rates I made public, ”he explained.
Mikhalkov added that Russia has a law on imprisonment for libel. “No, I’m not threatening, I’m just … a question,” concluded the director.
In February, Ukraine was offered to open a criminal case against Mikhalkov. The head of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy Alexander Tkachenko said that individual Russian cultural figures should be prosecuted and, at the same time, prohibited from distributing their works on the territory of Ukraine.
Karina Chernykh
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