Alexander Sokurov spoke about relations with Presidents Yeltsin and Putin n

Alexander Sokurov said that for an artistic understanding of the nature of power, he, as a director, gave a lot of personal communication with the presidents of the Russian Federation. He recalled that for several years he regularly met with Boris Yeltsin.

“I liked Yeltsin very much right away. But it was strange that I was interested in him. We talked long. About the Russian Soviet province, about our people, Sokurov said in an interview with Kommersant. We did a bit of history with him... History of English Parliamentarism. According to the director, the first president was "gullible, very sincere." Open... Sharply conscious.”.

“Studying a person in power is learning why we live this way,” Alexander Sokurov stated and pointed out that in this sense, communication with Vladimir Putin, both private and public, was important for him. It was President Putin, as the director said, who helped raise funds for the film Faust. But Mr. Sokurov stressed that this communication was difficult, especially when it came to public speeches at meetings of the Council for Culture and Art. “I disagree with too many things in my Russia,” the director explained.

More details - in an interview with Alexander Sokurov.