Peskov assured that there can be no talk of Sokurov’s arrest

The Kremlin assured that there would never be any arrest of director Alexander Sokurov because of his dispute with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Human Rights Council (HRC). This is how Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on the words of Sokurov himself about the possible criminal prosecution, Interfax reports.

“Of course not! This is out of the question! ” – said Peskov. And he assured that Putin is “very kind” towards Sokurov. “But a dispute is a dispute,” said Peskov.

Let us remind you that the day before at the HRC meeting, the director turned rather sharply to the head of state and received a harsh response. He stated that the republics of the North Caucasus had allegedly become mono-national, and offered to release those who do not want to live with Russia in one state. Putin replied that from Sokurov’s part it was “not a speech, but a manifesto, a set of fears that some part of our citizens have.” Putin advised Sokurov to be more careful when discussing interethnic relations: “Don’t be dashing, as we say. This must be taken very seriously. And superficially, it is impermissible even for you to talk about it all over the country. These are dangerous toys, I assure you. “

Later, Peskov said that his boss reacted harshly to Sokurov’s speech, since his words were unprofessional and without knowledge of the subject. “The director, unfortunately, was very unprofessional and without knowledge of the subject began to touch on very important, delicate topics. This is what the president does not tolerate. But he told him about it directly, “- said Peskov.

After the meeting, Sokurov said that Putin “did not understand” his speech and was “in vain offended”, and today said that he did not rule out his arrest and prosecution because of the dispute with Putin, and that he “could not avoid it.”