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St. Petersburg, May 13. Director, chairman of the Union of Cinematographers Nikita Mikhalkov called for the closure of the Yeltsin Center.
«You understand, that little children who come there, the first thing they see is a terrifying historical animated film about the history of our country, where all the dirt, abomination, betrayal, slavery, horror and light in the window is only a single person who came and changed it all «, — he said at the session «Besogon and the Law» within the framework of the XI St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
At the same time, Mikhalkov stressed that he was not opposed to the existence of a museum of the first president in Russia.
«Don't make me, as a visitor to this museum, believe you that the whole history of my country is «abomination and shit» and only the holy nineties made me so happy,» he added..
«The «Cultural Front» was created, it included cultural figures and already in many regions of the country there are its branches. <…> A cultural fund has been created, and let them perform one task — to close the Yeltsin Center, if this is done, then I will understand that its existence is necessary,» Mikhalkov said.
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“And don’t break it, let them make a museum of modern history, but honest,” he added.
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