A member of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), film director Alexander Sokurov said in a conversation with Lenta.ru that he had not said everything he could at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He will not change his attitude to the voiced problems after the Russian leader called his speech “a manifesto of fears.”
At a meeting with the HRC, Putin entered into a polemic with Sokurov. Thus, the director pointed out a number of problems associated with the structure of Russia – interethnic conflicts, territorial claims and the fate of representatives of its people. In particular, he offered to pay attention to those who do not want to live within the country. In response, the president asked the filmmaker to check the voiced data, since it is impermissible even for him to speak superficially on this topic throughout the country. The Russian leader also recalled that “the bloody period of the 90s showed how it could end.” Sokurov said that he was proposing only to think about the stated problems. Putin stressed that no one is against this, but before saying all this, it was necessary to think carefully.
This conversation will not change attitudes towards problems.
Sokurov told Lente.ru that he had no right to interpret the president’s words, but he didn’t understand why Putin reacted to his speech in this way.
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“I will not interpret the words of the president. He said what he said. This has nothing to do with me, I can tell you that for sure. I don’t know why he suddenly reacted this way, from what he drew such conclusions, from what text. I just don’t know and I cannot understand it, ”Sokurov noted.
The director emphasized that a conversation with the president would in no way change his attitude to the problems voiced during his speech. The HRC member added that this is far from all he would like to say.
“I have not yet said everything that I could, because we were all very limited in time there, and the conditions of communication were not easy. Much more had to be said. But that already lies outside of our telephone conversation with you, ”concluded Sokurov.
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