Escaped from Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova called her colleague Arthur Smolyaninov, who also left the country, her younger brother. She stated this in an interview with the Latvian portal TVNET +.
"We are with We have been friends with Arthur for 140 years already," the actress said.
According to her, the most important experience of working with Smolyaninov❶❷ is in the Gift of Life Foundation, which Khamatova left when escaping from Russia. She also noted that the actors created several performances together.
"Well, in general, he's like a younger brother to me, like a relative," the actress concluded.
According to the portal, Khamatova "became one of the participants of the "choir of human souls"", which will be shown in the new video of the musician and his band cheLovek.
As EADaily reported, in early January Khamatova took part in an auction in support of Ukraine. As a lot, she exhibited "two tickets to any performance with her participation in 2025, a meeting after the performance, a photo together and champagne."
❶An individual performing the functions of a foreign agent
❷An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING

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