Ukrainian director Lavrechuk: “Putin believes himself to be Machiavelli, I too am his victim. Europe must stop it “

“More than a character in literature, I would compare Vladimir Putin to an insect. It reminds me of a moth. Well, it is a moth that is believed to be Machiavelli.” When he replies to Repubblica, Yevhen Lavrenchukthe 41-year-old Ukrainian director arrested in Naples on December 17 on a mandate from the Russian judiciary, has just returned free after two and a half months spent in a cell in Poggioreale and then under house arrest.