Director Alexander Sokurov does not rule out his arrest and criminal prosecution over a dispute with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Human Rights Council (HRC).
According to Sokurov, “Podyom” reports, if they decide to arrest him “or do something” with him – “I can’t avoid this … I don’t know what the consequences might be.” Sokurov, with the words “My God, let them regard them as they want”, commented on the assumptions that by his polemic with Putin he actually called for the violation of the country’s territorial integrity, which is fraught with the initiation of a criminal case. “This is beyond my comments,” he added.
Recall that at a meeting of the HRC the day before, Sokurov said 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 the same 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.” The President noted that the vote on amendments to the Constitution proved that no one wants separatism in Russia, including the Chechen people. “Is the Russian people, whose interests you just mentioned, are they interested in the disintegration and disintegration of the Russian Federation? Is it then Russia, which was created as a multinational and multi-confessional country? Do you want to turn us into Muscovy? Well, NATO wants to do it, ”Putin said and asked Sokurov, addressing him“ dear Alexander Nikolayevich, ”if he really wants a repetition in Russia of what happened to Yugoslavia. 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, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry 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.”
Source: Rosbalt
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