After the photo in embroidery: actor Alexander Filippenko left Russian

The Russian actor opposed the military aggression of the Russian Federation and supported Ukraine. At the end of last year, the Mosrad Theater did not extend the contract with Filippenko because of his political position. The actor of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Filippenko left Russia in disagreement with military aggression against Ukraine and the country's foreign policy.

On February 9, his daughter Alexander Filippenko told about it on the air of the Opposition TV channel "Rain" on February 9. According to the woman, the departure of a 78-year-old artist is directly related to his political position because of a full-scale war against Ukraine. In November 2022, the Mosrad Theater did not continue the contract with the artist.

Prior to that, Filippenko played in four performances of the theater-in particular the role of Hamlet-father-ghost in the production of "Shakespearemart". According to Rain, his name is still in posters, but theatrical box office says that the closest performance with his participation will not take place on February 11. In parallel with this, city sites in Russia began to refuse the organizers of his concerts.

As a result, Filippenko decided to leave the territory of the country and moved to the capital of Lithuania city of Vilnius. On May 19 last year, Alexander Filippenko published a picture on his social networks on the Day of Ukrainian Embroidery, on which he sits at the table in embroidery.

"I only mention the words of Gogol about Kyiv:" Chychikov looked at the houses, walls, fences and streets with some indefinite feeling, which God knows if he was destined to see the fate of ever during his life. " In the memoirs - Dovzhenko studio, chestnuts, friends, comfort and warmth, " - commented the actor with his photo. In a comment to Rain, his daughter mentioned this picture.

"Dad decided to get his embroidery and remember the wonderful days in Kiev, about Dovzhenko's studio and wrote some words of love - first of all the friends who are there," she said. Even before the full -scale invasion of Filippenko participated in human rights actions in Russia, in particular, in support of political prisoners, among them - a Ukrainian director and writer Oleg Sentsov, who became a Kremlin hostage.

People's Artist of Russia Alexander Filippenko starred in almost one hundred films and series. Throughout his career, he was actively involved in theatrical productions, playing both the main and minor roles in such authoritative Russian theaters as "Contemporary", "Satiricon", the Theater named after Taganka and others. Filippenko twice starred in the adaptations of the novel "Master and Margarita". In 1994, he played the role of Koroviev-Fagota in the film by director Yuri Kari.