Konchalovsky said that he looks with compassion at the events in Ukraine

Russian DIRECTOR Andrei Konchalovsky commented on the sanctions imposed against him by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and noted that he looks with compassion at what is happening in the country. He said this in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“I have not formed any opinion about this [sanctions], except for what I have already said - I am watching with compassion the tragic events in my beloved Ukraine,” Konchalovsky said.

The director emphasized that history knows cases of blinding the masses of people who later have to pay dearly for this, but "epiphany is inevitable." He also added that RUSSIA and Ukraine "are destined to be together."

Zelensky imposed sanctions against Goblin, Konchalovsky,Vovk and Rudkovskoy Politics

On January 15, the President of Ukraine enacted the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on sanctions against 198 Russian-connected cultural figures, journalists and bloggers. In addition to Konchalovsky, blogger Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin), TV presenters Dmitry Guberniev, Ruslan Ostashko, Evgeny Rozhkov, Boris Korchevnikov, as well as journalists Marina Akhmedova, Andrei Starikov, Anastasia Popova, Vladimir Kobyakov, Maryana Naumova and others were included in this list.

Since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Kyiv, as well as Western countries, have imposed several rounds of severe restrictions against Moscow. Last time, 119 people fell under Ukrainian sanctions, including actor and director Nikita Mikhalkov, editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan, general director of Rossiya Segodnya Dmitry Kiselev.