Anton Lirnyk explained his appeal to Putin and told how he escaped from Russia (video)

To spread: Ukrainian comedian and showman Anton Lirnyk told why at the beginning of a full -scale invasion was forced to record an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In conversation with journalist Alina Dorotyuk, he also confessed when he left Russia and prevented him from leaving after February 24, 2022. As Lirnik explained, on February 24, 2022 he was in Moscow, where he worked.

Despite the immediate desire to leave the aggressor country, he could not do so because of health problems and financial difficulties. According to him, it was possible to leave only a month after the invasion. "At the beginning of a full -scale invasion, I was in Moscow, I worked there. I didn't have the opportunity to go right away. It was related to my health and my family. I was forced to stay there for another month," the showman said.

He noted that he tried to express his position publicly, but it was dangerous to do so. Lirnik confessed that after his anti -war post with the call "Stop the War!" An employee of the FSB came to him, who banned any further statements. "I could not remain silent, so we invented a plan on how to write down an appeal without calling the war directly, but to make it clear what is horror," the comic explained.

This is exactly how he said, a video appeared in Putin to create a "green corridor" to evacuate the civilians Volnovakha. However, a video in which Lirnik addressed the Russian dictator with the words "Vladimir Vladimirovich", caused a wave of criticism in Ukraine - it seemed to many viewers a manifestation of loyalty to the aggressor. Lirnik stressed that the video was addressed primarily to the Russian audience to convey the truth about the crimes of war.

After that, the showman left Russia: he first moved to Turkey, and later settled in Spain. In February 2023, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation introduced it to the list of "foreign agents", accusing him of "activities against the interests of the Russian Federation". We will remind, by 2022 Anton Lirnyk actively worked in the Russian show business, was a participant and author of television projects.