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More than 80 Russian cultural figures signed a collective letter in support of the position of President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea. The text of the appeal is published on the website of the Ministry of Culture.

"In the days when the fate of the Crimea and our compatriots are decided, cultural figures cannot be indifferent to observers with a cold heart," the appeal says. “Our common history and common roots, our culture and its spiritual sources, our fundamental values ​​and language united us forever. We want the community of our peoples and our cultures to have a strong future. This is why we firmly declare support of supporting Positions of the President of the Russian Federation in Ukraine and Crimea. "

The letter among others was signed by actors Alexei Batalov, Sergey Bezrukov, Valentina Talyzina, filmmakers Karen Shakhnazarov, Alexei Teacher, Pavel Lungin, musicians Yuri Bashmet, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Igor Butman, Denis Matsuev, BDT head Andrei Moguchy, Director of the Literary Museum, Pop-Pop Parts Nikolai Rastorguev, Oleg Gazmanov, Nadezhda Babkina. Many of the signed were Putin's authorized persons in the 2012 elections.

On March 8, Russian filmmakers responded to the anti -war circulation of Ukrainian colleagues , opposing the "unprecedented anti -Ukrainian campaign unleashed by Russian state channels." "We, like you, categorically against lies in the coverage of fateful events for Ukraine, and even more so against Russian military intervention in Ukraine ... We are on the side of truth and we are!" - It says in an open letter , under which Andrei Proshkin, Pavel Finn, Andrei Smirnov, Vitaly Mansky, Boris Khlebnikov, Victor Matizen, Marina Razbizhkin, Alexei Popogrebsky, Alexander Zeldovich, Vladimir Mirzoev and many other well -known directors, scriptwriters, and film critics. A separate open letter was made by film director Alexander Sokurov . "Ukraine will survive anyway and will be the state that it wanted to be. And we will strike at our country absolutely degrading properties," Sokurov writes. In turn, Ukrainian actors recorded a video message to Russian viewers .

A number of anti -war statements were made by writers - members of the Russian Pen -Center and their colleagues from other European countries. The rock musicians Boris Grebenshchikov, Vyacheslav Butusov, Yuri Shevchuk called for preventing the war. Their colleague Andrei Makarevich opposed the war. Grebenshchikov wrote a new song " Love during the war ."

Many representatives of the creative intelligentsia took part in anti -war protests in Moscow. On March 2, the poet Evgeny Lavut, film producer Evgeny Gindilis and many others were detained on Manezhnaya Square.