State Duma Deputy Vasily Vlasov in an interview with FAN spoke In support of Rosfinmonitoring’s decision to include actor Artur Smolyaninov (included in the list of terrorists and extremists) in the list of terrorists and extremists. In his opinion, this is absolutely logical, as the artist declared his readiness to participate in hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, if necessary.
“Absolutely true. If a person openly declares that with weapons in his hand he is ready to fight on the Ukrainian side, he is a terrorist. If you are ready to fight on the side of terrorists, then you are a terrorist. With his inclusion in the list, everything is absolutely correct, ”said the deputy.
He also expressed the opinion that Smolyaninov was only trying to gain popularity with his statements.
The artist left Russia in 2022, and in January 2023 he was included in the register of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. This happened after one of the interviews. “If I were going to this war, I would be on the side of Ukraine” aforementioned then Smolyaninov.