Shenderovich: Where Yarmolnik And Putin Are Now, It's No Longer Clear

Everything is in blood.

In an interview with a Russian agency, actor Leonid Yarmolnik said that "everything related to the first reaction to the beginning of the special operation was an emotional reaction". "But time shows that everything is happening according to the right laws, in order to defend our sovereignty, our principles, to preserve peace".

Publicist Viktor Shenderovich spoke about Leonid Yarmolnik, whom he says he has known for half a century:

- There are times when you can live without much disgrace, without much mental effort. You are a darling of the public. And that's about it. "Because of talent", as an old film says. And if you're not a hero - well, who is? We live in a moral grey zone.

But sometimes there are other times. Black and white enough. When it is necessary to overstep the mark of acceptable meanness in order to preserve privileges - not even life, not even freedom.

That's the point. If the price were life, like those cultural figures who supported Stalin's repression with deadly terror, that would be sad, but it would also be reasonable.

But now!

They won't do anything to you because you refuse to glorify murder. And what they will do, you can easily bear. And even convert them after a while, you know. It's good in the long run not to be a scoundrel. You played in Herman's films, you were friends with Gorin, you played with Neelova....

"If you can't love, sit and be friends," said Zhvanetsky. If you can't go to the square to defend your convictions (because you don't have them, and haven't had them since the beginning of time), just keep quiet, at least pretend to be a rag, as you pretended to be a toilet bowl.

He couldn't.

And that is already the level of confusion. And where is Yarmolnik now, and where is Putin? It is no longer clear. Everything is in blood.

In fact, the current catastrophic Putin consists mainly of Yarmolniks, that's what's particularly annoying. They are not ghouls, and they are not bad people, but they are very compliant.