Statista. And over the years, celebs have met with Russian President Vladimir Putin while visiting the country for events, like professional fights and concerts. Here’s a look at some celebs who either once hobnobbed or briefly met with Putin.Mickey RourkeIn an interview with Fox News Digital, Mickey Rourke recalled meeting Putin when Rourke had a “professional fight four years ago” in Russia.“I had the time of my life,” Rourke told Fox News Digital about visiting the country. “The people couldn’t have been nicer, more polite, more respectful.
Queen's defiant gesture as she refuses to send swords to Russian museum
16.03.2022 - 16:41 / ok.co.uk
The Queen has made a defiant gesture against Russia in a bid to show her support to the people of Ukraine amid the war crisis.The 95 year old monarch, who is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year, officially gave her blessing to the Royal Collection to postpone the loan of three 17th Century weapons to the Kremlin Museums in Moscow.The royal's gesture was a brave and powerful move as she joined the cultural boycott of the country led by Vladimir Putin.The Royal Collection had initially agreed to loan the swords to the Kremlin museums for an exhibition about duelling, according to The Guardian. Permission was then withdrawn in mid-February, and came following other European institutions' decisions to ban their artefacts from the displays.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .The exhibition is called The Duel: from Trial by Combat to a Noble Crime. Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov was one of the sponsors, and has since been sanctioned following Putin's decision to invade Ukraine.
Since the collective move to withdraw weapons and other historical items from the exhibition, its scheduled opening of March 4 was postponed.There is not yet a new date set, but the museums' spokesperson said that the displays were planned to mostly consist of European exhibits. As a result, the project could be on-hold indefinitely, at least as long as the war continues.
“The core of the project consists of exhibits from European museums, which we were forced to withdraw them before the time due to the geopolitical situation," Kremlin Museums stated. A spokesman for the Queen’s collection told The Guardian: “A decision to postpone a loan of three swords from the Royal
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