Russian stars congratulated Zelensky with a victory and asked to go on tour. PHOTO, VIDEO
'22.04.2019'
Source: Lenta.ru
Showman Volodymyr Zelenskyy won the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine, which took place on April 21. According to the counting of 99,67% of ballots, he scored 73,21%, while the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko - 24,46% of the votes. Russian artists, musicians and politicians have already congratulated Zelensky on his victory. Some of them expressed hope to return on tour to Ukraine, where they have been banned from entering for some time.
Russian performers Natasha Koroleva, Dima Bilan and Nikolai Baskov told about their hopes about changing the course of Ukraine in connection with the last presidential elections, writes Lenta.ru.
Under the Zelensky record on the Instagram page, the former presidential candidate and TV host Ksenia Sobchak, comedian Mikhail Galustyan, singer Vera Brezhneva, Sati Kazanova, ballerina Anastasia Volochkova and others left their signatures and wishes.
But many stars of show business dedicated separate posts to the victory of Zelensky.
Singer Natasha Koroleva said that she considers the preliminary results of the voting to be good. She admitted that she knew Zelensky personally, and expressed the hope that he would remain a decent person as president. She added that she is far from politics, but she is “forbidden and closed” in Ukraine, where the singer comes from.
“Sho say, well done, did everyone beautifully !!!”, - said the artist, posting a video with Zelensky on her Instagram.
Actor Nikolai Baskov wrote in an Instagram account that he expects to cancel the ban on performances in Ukraine.
"I hope in the near future after the 5-year ban and separation, there will be such an opportunity to meet with friends and fans," the singer admitted.
The pop singer Dima Bilan, in turn, wished Zelensky on Instagram to remain objective and to believe that "one person often changes the course of history."
“I just want to wish us a friendship in which we would not like to see victories and losers, I want friendship!” The artist called.
In 2017, Bilan was entered into the base of the Ukrainian site “Peacemaker” because of the “illegal crossing of the Ukrainian border”. Basque was also blacklisted by Russian performers due to visiting the Crimea. In 2016, the Security Service of Ukraine prohibited Natasha Korolev from entering the country for five years.
“Something new smelled in the air. And this new fascinates! " - Actor Pavel Derevyanko commented on Zelensky's post. On his Instagram, the artist published a shot from the film "Rzhevsky against Napoleon", where Derevianko is disguised as a woman, and joked: "The First Lady of Ukraine."
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Former colleague congratulated Russian actor, showman and parodist Maxim Galkin.
“Volodya, very happy for you, good luck, strength to you. I have no doubt that you will adequately answer all the challenges that await you on this great new journey! ”Said Galkin in a video message on his Instagram page.
Galkin drew attention to the fact that some Russian celebrities, who previously starred with Zelensky in the cinema, are publishing photos with the future president of Ukraine, probably counting on new tours in the country.
“This is so childishly naive,” Galkin noted, adding that “more important than our tours” is the end of the war in Donbass and peace between the countries. “I hope that with the mutual movement of the two countries towards each other, something will work out.”
Philip Kirkorov published Maxim's video and signed: “I CONGRATULATE VLADIMIR ZELENSKY @zelenskiy_official on VICTORY, and I subscribe to every word of MAXIM GALKIN !!”
"I'm glad!! I have tears !! ”- the theater and cinema actress Irina Gorbacheva wrote on her Instagram page, adding that she is proud that Ukraine chose“ not a politician, but a man ”.
Showman Zelensky lives and works in Ukraine. He is one of the founders and directors of the 95 Quarter studio, which produces the same-name comic show, and has also shot several full-length films. Among his acting works are roles in films such as Love in the City, Rzhevsky vs. Napoleon, Office Romance. Nowadays". Many congratulated Zelensky have experience working with him. For example, Sobchak and Derevyanko were filmed with Zelensky in the film “Rzhevsky vs. Napoleon”.
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The Kremlin has not yet commented on the victory of Zelensky in elections in Ukraine. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on his Facebook page wrote that the result of the vote showed the public’s request for other ways of solving the country's problems, Ведомости.
“I have no doubts: the new head of state regarding Russia will adhere to the rhetoric that he used during the election campaign ... Repeating well-known ideological formulas targeted at different groups of the population. I have no illusions about this, ”he added.
