“Russia is a country of great democracy, this is not a country where the prime minister could call a citizen of his country a pathetic person” (c) Depardieu
Russia, it seems, is indeed a country of “great democracy”, where citizens call one person #pathetic , while another calls citizens banderlogs, etc.
However, it would be forgivable to confuse Depardieu - the Russian language is difficult for foreigners.
But after him, Brigitte Bardot threatens to emigrate to Russia because she finds Putin “very humane”... “He has done more to protect animals than all our presidents combined. And besides, they don’t have Eid al-Fitr there.” “, said the actress .
Also, apparently, translation difficulties.