Ivar Kalninsh admitted that he broke with Russia before the special operation. True, then the actor did not think that he was leaving forever.
“I just didn’t get… that is, I didn’t get a visa, and that was before February 24, 2022. And then I realized that this is not necessary. Yes, I’m not working now because I can’t go there. I can’t work in the country where my friends live,” said the 74-year-old artist.
They said that the star of Soviet cinema faced a serious illness, but this is not true. “People called me and asked, ‘How are you feeling? Is everything all right?“ Rumors spread that I was very sick, that I celebrated my birthday in Russia and fell somewhere, that I was lying drunk at some airport. They write such nasty things, ”Kalninsh is indignant.
