Russian humorist Maxim Galkin, who left rf and condemned rf aggression, expressed his opinion on the renaming of streets in Odessa, reports UNN.
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Thus, Galkin supported the Ukrainianization of the streets in comments to post famous Ukrainian film and TV producer Alexander Rodnyansky.
Galkin is convinced this issue should be given exclusively to the people of Odessa for consideration.
Culture depends on family, education, and the choice of a writer, poet depends on the sound of the time. It depends on what the heart asks for. The heart of Ukrainians now asks for the poetry of the beautiful Lina Kostenko rather than my favorite Pushkin. And Lina Kostenko is closer to me now too. No matter what Pushkin Street in Odessa is called, it consists of other things: facades and plane trees, dry summer air and happy people - that's how I remember it. If Ukrainians want to dissociate themselves from the culture of the empire and build their own national reference points, it is their right. I will not love Pushkin, the street, or the Ukrainians any less because of this
We shall remind you that the head of the Odessa Regional State Administration Oleg Kiper decided to rename 84 Odessa streets.