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Depardieu, who took up Russian nationality in
2013, told Agence France Presse on Thursday: "the Russian people
are not responsible for the crazy, unacceptable excesses of
their leaders like Vladimir Putin."
Depardieu also said he would give all the proceeds from three
nights of concerts in Paris from April 1 to "Ukrainian victims
of this tragic fratricidal war".
The Kremlin said on Friday it was ready to explain the situation
in Ukraine to Depardieu, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov telling
reporters the actor probably does not completely understand the
situation.
In 2013, Putin granted Depardieu Russian citizenship, sparking
an outcry in France where the actor was accused of abandoning
his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires.
Depardieu, star of films such as "The Last Metro" and "Cyrano de
Bergerac", received his new passport in person from Putin at the
Russian leader's residence on the Black Sea coast.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Mark Potter and Alex
Richardson)
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