Mikhail Shats* refused the status of an emigrant: who is he now?

The well-known Russian humorist Mikhail Shats ❶, who is a native of Leningrad, has been living in Israel for some time. However, the comedian himself strongly disagrees that his departure from Russia can be called emigration. In a recent interview, he explained his position. Details are provided by the publication Starhit.

When the interviewer asked Schatz ❶ about how emigration affected his creative career, he first kindly besieged the interlocutor: "First, shalom, the Israelis." And then he corrected — "For us, Israelis, this is not emigration, but repatriation." According to the artist, he did not leave the Russia went to a foreign land, and returned to his historical homeland — to the Promised Land.

Earlier, Mikhail Shats ❶ has already summed up some of the results of his life in a new place. He stated that he had absolutely nothing to complain about in Israel. Moreover, the comedian admitted that with every year he has lived in this country, it is getting easier for him to breathe, and life is simpler and clearer.

❶A natural person performing the functions of a foreign agent