Context: Honored Art Worker of Russia, Member of the Public Council under the Russian Ministry of Culture, film director, winner of international festivals. Signed an open letter of cultural figures expressing 'support for the decision of the President of Russia to launch a military operation to denazify Ukraine and protect the republics of Donbass'. Trusted representative of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. Trusted representatives ensured the re-election of Vladimir Putin, who has pursued an aggressive policy against Ukraine since 2014, in the non-competitive presidential election on March 18, 2018.