French Actor Gerard Depardieu, presenting at an international film festival in Cannes, the new film " Valley of love ", said that "quite likes" Vladimir Putin and expressed his opinion about the Ukrainian fall, reports the Agency

"Mr. Putin, I know him well and love very. I travel a lot in the USSR, or, more precisely, to the Russian Federation, " said Depardieu, entangled in the names, which caused a smile from correspondents.

Answering questions about the situation in Ukraine, the Actor said that don't realize it." I, like everyone else, shocked. I was remembered with President Viktor Yushchenko, I quite like the Ukrainians, but the conflict is not in my purview

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