KIEV: Ukraine on Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu.
The blacklist issued by the ministry of culture described the 13 as “a threat to national security” for supporting President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea and his backing of Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Songs by these performers will be barred from the airwaves, and permits for screening their films will be withdrawn in the near future, ministry spokeswoman Daryna Glushchenko told AFP.
Depardieu, a Russian citizen since 2013, incensed the pro-Western leadership in Kiev by striking up a …read more
Source: theSun
