“We live both in Asia and in Europe, and therefore we can use the wisdom of those and other continents.

I want to give you one wonderful Chinese proverb.

She helps a lot.

"Throw dirt at me, throw stones at me - I am a river."

How deep it is and how accurate.

Because what they want to do with us and how they want to force us to live according to someone else's rules - it is necessary to withstand and understand that we are a river, and we should not be broken by this, ”RIA Novosti quoted Mikhalkov as saying.

He also promised to give Putin a book about the history of the Mikhalkov family of the XV-XVII centuries. 

“You know, Vladimir Vladimirovich, it's so strange to read about their ancestors who served the Fatherland - they just really served, and in this sense, I hope that we continue and try to continue this service,” he said.

Earlier, Putin congratulated Mikhalkov via video link on his 75th birthday.

Also, Putin signed a decree conferring the title of Hero of Labor on Mikhalkov.