Bardo: I admire Putin

The French actress and animal defender Brigitte Bardo said she admired Vladimir Putin. “I consider him very human. Every time I ask him something, he, in principle, agrees,” she said. “He did more for animals than all our presidents combined,” Bardo said in an interview with Nice -Matin.

Previously, Bardo expressed hot gratitude to Putin for the ban on the hunting of the cubs of Greenland seals. In addition, according to Bardo, ritual sacrifices of animals during Muslim holidays are not practiced in Russia.

Bardo confirmed the seriousness of her intention to move to Russia and extremely sharply responded about the French authorities. "I can’t stand this country. Starting with Sarkozy and its unfulfilled promises, no one responds to my requests. The spectacle of this impotence gives me suffering and gives rabies," she said.

On Friday, Bardo stated that she would apply for Russian citizenship if the French authorities do not refuse plans to lull two elephant tuberculosis. "If those who have power will have cowardice and shamelessness to kill two elephants, Baby and Nepal, I will demand Russian citizenship to escape from this country, which more and more reminds me of a cemetery for animals," the actress said in a statement.

In mid-December, the prefect of Lyon issued an order to put two circus elephants due to suspicions of tuberculosis. The director of the circus appealed this decision, but the administrative court supported the prefecture. Now the case will be considered in the next instance. The Bardo Foundation has repeatedly made specific proposals for the salvation of these elephants, but not a single request received the response of the authorities.

In 1973, Bardo decided to finish the film career and completely devoted herself to the protection of animal rights that she had been engaged since 1968. “I gave my youth and beauty to men. I will give my wisdom, my experience and the best animals in me,” she said. In 1986, she opened the Brigitte Bardo Foundation for well -being and protection of animals . " The actress became a vegetarian and collected 3 million francs to finance the fund, selling her jewelry and personal items.

In mid -December, Bardo was defended by actor Gerard Depardieu. He decided to move to Belgium in connection with the introduction of a 75 percent income tax for the rich. France Prime Minister Jean-Mark Airo called this decision of the actor "miserable and nonpatriotic." In response, Depardieu abandoned French citizenship. According to the actress, Depardieu became a victim of unfair bulging from the society.

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin provided Department of Russian citizenship. As the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov explained, the provision of citizenship is associated with the significant contribution of Department to the development of Russian culture and cinema. He recalled that Depardieu "played in a number of very large film projects, including his work on the role of Rasputin."

On the same day, Depardieu confirmed that he himself asked to provide him with Russian citizenship. “Yes, I made a request to receive a passport, and I am glad that my request was accepted,” the department says. The actor said that he loves Vladimir Putin very much, considers Russia to be a "country of great democracy" and intends to learn Russian.

On December 29, the Constitutional Council of France canceled the "rich man". The tax was not appropriate to the basic law itself, but the method of calculation. Depardieu said that the decision of the Constitutional Council would not affect its decision on emigration.

According to Le Monde, the head of the Belgian commission on naturalization warned that receiving the actor of Russian citizenship will be taken into account when considering his request to the authorities of the kingdom.