Russian actor posts explosive rant telling Putin 'you're not my president' before sudden U-turn

A young Russian actor posted a viral late-night video rejecting Vladimir Putin, only to back down and praise the president hours later following a chat with his mum

Alexei Yarmushchik, a 26-year-old actor who worked at the theater run by Sergei Bezrukov, posted a video on Instagram on the morning of July 28 in which he addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said Putin was not “his president” and that Crimea was “not ours.” As of this article’s publication, the video had dr