Sergei Makovetsky critics said the series zulaikha opens his eyes

people’s artist of Russia Sergei Makovetsky, who played in “zulaikha opens her eyes”, commented the criticism of the series. This writes belongs to Grigory Berezkin RBC.

According to the actor, “feelings of the faithful should not be insulted” So he responded to the allegation of the head of the Duma Committee on civil society development Sergei Gavrilov, who said that the show offends the feelings of believers. “And besides, it’s just a movie,” added Makovetsky.

Gavrilov turned to the Ministry of culture and demanded that the Ministry “to stop funding movies, to denigrate the history of the country, divisive and insulting to believers, including leaders of religious organizations”.

the series Premiere on Russian television was accompanied by a string of scandals. On his creators when he fought the Russian Communists and Tatar nationalists. Who played a major role the actress Chulpan Khamatova said that after the premiere she began to curse from the radical part of Tatar society, as well as allegations of desecration of historical truth.

the Action series is set in the 1930s. The main character, a Tatar peasant, the red guards killed her husband, and her exiled to Siberia.