“Some compatriots call me a stateless person – a stateless person.

I have a Serbian passport, I have a French one, let it be Russian,” he said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.

According to Kusturica, he loves Russian culture very much and feels comfortable in Russia.

Earlier it was reported that Kusturica accepted the offer of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to take the position of chief director of the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army.