The artist reacted to the announcement of him as a “foreign agent” in the Russian Federation.
said Maxim Galkin after his inclusion in Russia on the list of individuals – “foreign agents”.
In a video message published on Instagram on Saturday, September 17, he stated that he does not consider himself to “foreign agents”. The artist emphasized that he is not engaged in political activities and has not received money from concerts in Ukraine for many years.
“I am engaged in the humorous genre, political satire, I have been engaged in this for 28 years. I started under Boris Mykolayovych Yeltsin. If I address my subscribers or viewers outside the genre, as a citizen, as a person, I do it completely sincerely. Sincerely and remaining honest to myself,” Galkin said.
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He called the pretext for recognizing him as a “foreign agent” in Russia far-fetched, adding that he is not going to give up the genre of humor and satire “to suit the political situation”.
< p>“Ministry of Justice, sincerity and honesty are not paid by decent people, to which I hope I belong. I do not sell my opinion and my thoughts and do not buy other people's. I do not trade in conscience,” Galkin emphasized.
Maxim Galkin became the 23rd for criticizing the war unleashed by Putin against Ukraine by a person included in the list of individuals-“foreign agents”. Russian federal TV channels refused to cooperate with him.
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Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmytro Peskov said at the beginning of September that Galkin made “very bad statements” and that “he clearly we are not on the road”.
