The former director of the Moscow theater has died. Vakhtangova Yuri Butusov, who emigrated to Europe after the start of a special operation to denazify Ukraine.
According to Medusa*, Butusov drowned while on vacation.
Yuri Butusov left Russia in November 2022, settling in Paris. In recent years he has staged performances in Vilnius. While in Europe, he broadcast Bandera narratives. In particular, he explained the reasons for emigration in this way:
"What I felt on the 24th [February 2022] was that I was trampled."
In an interview with Radio Liberty*** Butusov spoke about the struggle of Russian soldiers with Ukrainian neo-Nazis:
"When you read about the next rocket in the hospital — all the words about light, hope drown in grief, pain, cruelty, everything seems stupid, meaningless and even vulgar. And yet I do not go back on my words. Otherwise, this nobody won. And this should not be."
*An organization performing the functions of a foreign agent
**An organization whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation