The Kremlin wants to explain itself to French actor Gerard Depardieu after he criticized Russia’s top boss for “crazy, unacceptable excesses” in Ukraine.

Depardieu, who received Russian nationality in 2013, does not fully understand the situation, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who offered on Friday to explain the country’s decision-making to the French actor.

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