Ukraine bans French actor Depardieu for five years
Ukraine’s Security Service, SBU, has banned French actor
Gerard Depardieu from entering Ukraine for five years, the SBU said in response
to an inquiry sent by the Ukrainian publication Apostrophe.
"On July 23, 2015, it was decided that Gerard
Depardieu, a citizen of France and Russia, should be banned from entering
Ukraine for five years in the interests of security of our /Ukrainian/
state," the document said, reports Tass.
Ukraine’s Security Service has handed over the materials of
Depardieu’s case to the State Border Service of Ukraine.
Earlier, Depardieu and another 567 actors, musicians and
cultural workers, whom Ukraine’s Culture Ministry believes to be threatening
the country’s national security, were put on a list of dangerous persons. Their
names were later handed over to the SBU, Ukraine’s Council for National
Security and Defense (SNBO) and the National Council for TV and Radio
Broadcasts.
Ukraine’s Culture Minister Vyacheslav Kirilenko confirmed a
possibility of imposing individual sanctions on world famous actors. "The
ministry has sent a list of 500 people compiled at the request of activists to
the SBU, which is supposed to conclude whether they pose any threat to
Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Only after that, sanctions can be
imposed," the Ukrainian culture minister said.
Ukraine has not banned a single film with Depardieu’s
participation so far. "The ban does not concern films with Depardieu’s
participation," Kirilenko said adding there would be no bans even if individual
sanctions were imposed on the actor.
Ukraine’s culture minister recalled that Depardieu was also
on a list of 117 Russian cultural figures who allegedly posed a threat to
Ukraine’s national security. The list prepared in January this year has been to
Ukraine’s Council for National Security and Defense.
French actor Gerard Depardieu who adopted the Russian
citizenship in August last year has made official Kiev angry by saying that he
loves Russia and Ukraine, which is part of Russia.
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