Ukraine has announced the suspicion of the famous Russian director who supported the war
436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (justification of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine). According to the investigation, the suspect as a public person and a representative of the "cultural branch of Russia", gaining popularity and authority in the media, as well as the ability to form public opinion, systematically expressed his position to support the aggressor state.
In one of his interviews, which was published on September 18, 2023, Karen Shakhnazarov openly voiced a position that justifies the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Back in March 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and partially seized the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk region, the director supported the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Already after 2014, Karen Shakhnazarov visited the occupied Crimea, breaking the state borders of Ukraine.