LDPR Deputy and member of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Roman Khudyakov said that the Ukrainian artists, speaks negatively about Russia, it is necessary to prohibit entry into the country. According to him, they should not be allowed to work on Russian territory, as the earnings may go to Finance the war against Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. About it Khudyakov told the radio station “Moscow speaking”.
The MP suggested that the Ukrainian authorities banned entry to the country to the Russians because they tell the citizens of Ukraine the truth.
“Kiev knows that when comes our actor, singer or journalist, we would certainly begin to explain people the truth for what it is. And of course, the local authorities don’t like it. The authorities know perfectly well that we are United to the brotherly people, it cannot be”, — said Khudyakov.
Earlier on 28 March, the security Service of Ukraine has banned the entry of Russian journalist Otar Kushanashvili. He, in turn, called deputies to the Verkhovna Rada dumb.
In the summer of 2015, the Ministry of culture of Ukraine amounted to white and black lists of Russian and foreign artists based on their relationship to Kiev. The first group included Zemfira, Andrei Makarevich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney and others. The black list includes more than 80 people, among them Natalya Varley, Valentina Talyzina, Mikhail Boyarsky and Valentin Gaft. They are prohibited from entering the country.