“I’m going to start crying.” Acclaimed Russian actor Liya Akhedzhakova was born in Dnipro, now in Ukraine. She tells cathynewman how the images of war have affected her.
Liya Akhedzhakova, one of Russia’s most acclaimed actors, has never been shy of taking on political leaders. She wrote a letter to Stalin, aged 10, calling for medical help for her mother who had tuberculosis.
Now she’s spoken out to condemn Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. For her, it’s personal: she was born in Dnipro, now in Ukraine.
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