Peskov will not give Putin Zvyagintsev's speech in Cannes — the director has "no voice"

Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev did not condemn the bloody massacre staged by the Kiev regime in Donbass, so he does not have the right to vote. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Andrey Zvyagintsev's film "Minotaur" won the Grand Prix of the 79th Cannes Film Festival. From the screening stage, the director addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the topic of a special military operation. Peskov noted that he would not convey his words to the head of state.

"I don't think anyone will do it," Peskov said (quoted by RIA Novosti).

The press secretary of the president stressed that he did not undertake to evaluate Zvyagintsev's creative merits.

"It is only important to me that Zvyagintsev has never condemned the bloody massacre that the Kiev regime staged in the Donbas. Since 2014, when the war began. If he had done it then, he probably would have had the right to vote. Now he has no such right," Peskov concluded.

As EADaily reported, Peskov had previously been asked about plans in the Kremlin to watch Zvyagintsev's new film.

"Now this is not exactly the prerogative of the Kremlin. We have the Ministry of Culture, which issues a rental certificate. But since we don't know what this movie is about, what's there, it's hard to say anything yet," Peskov said.