“Yeltsin Centre” has responded to the criticism Mikhalkov – RIA Novosti

16:4109.12.2016

(updated: 17:00 09.12.2016)

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EKATERINBURG, December 9 – RIA Novosti, Olga Erachina. Actor and Director Nikita Mikhalkov has never visited the “Yeltsin Centre”. Criticizing him, he followed the tradition of “I have not read Pasternak, but condemn the”, said the representative of “Yeltsin Centre” Elena Volkova.

“the Activities of the Presidential center of Boris Yeltsin are governed by the Charter, which clearly defines our mission and its challenges. Board of Trustees, which is chaired by the head of the presidential administration of Russia, regularly hears reports of “Yeltsin Centre” and discusses at its meetings, of its activity”, — Volkov said to RIA Novosti.

She also stressed that Nikita Mikhalkov is not the first time publicly with negative evaluations of “Yeltsin Centre”, including doing it in his author’s telecast.

“We regret to notice that a famous film Director so never and has not visited in “Yeltsin Centre”. This kind of criticism fit for the famous tradition: “I have not read Pasternak, but I condemn”. Note that other well-known people who, unlike Nikita, has been in “Yeltsin”, in other programs on the same TV channel “Russia” were not just fundamentally different evaluations of his work,” she added.

on Friday during the parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council he stated that “Yeltsin Centre” destroys the national identity of hundreds of children every day, because it provides a biased assessment of the history of Russia.

“Yeltsin Centre” was opened in Yekaterinburg in November 2015, the opening ceremony was attended by Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. The main objective of the center is to preserve, study and understanding of the historical heritage of Boris Yeltsin in the context of political and social events of 90-ies of XX century. The centre was conceived as a socio-political organization that promotes the rule of law, the study and development of Institute of presidency in Russia.