Kremlin Dismisses Russian Director's Peace Appeal as 'Irrelevant'

The Kremlin has dismissed a peace appeal made by renowned Russian film director Andrey Zvyagintsev at the Cannes Film Festival as "irrelevant." Zvyagintsev, who received an award for his film "Minotaur," had urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

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Irrelevant: Kremlin Ignores Peace Appeal by Russian Director

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Zvyagintsev, who has lived in exile since the war began, has no right to comment on the conflict. Peskov argued that the director had remained silent regarding the alleged persecution of the Russian population in Donbas by the Ukrainian government since 2014. Moscow frequently uses this alleged oppression as a justification for its invasion of Ukraine.

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The director has never said anything against the persecution of the Russian population in Donbas by the Ukrainian government since 2014, so he has no right to comment now.

"The whole world is waiting for it," Zvyagintsev had said in his appeal. However, Peskov indicated that he would not inform Putin of the director's request, adding, "I don't think anyone will do that."

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The whole world is waiting for it.

Peskov also rejected Western criticism of Russia's recent missile attack on Kyiv, which involved a new Oreschnik missile. Putin had ordered the strike as retaliation for a Ukrainian attack on a dormitory in Starobilsk, in the Donbas region, which Russia controls and which resulted in over 20 deaths. Peskov accused Western politicians of failing to condemn the Ukrainian attack on the dormitory.

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I don't think anyone will do that.