kabzon is definitely among these people for many decades to come.in 2015 ukraine suddenly decided that kobzon was a threat to the country's national security and added him to the corresponding blacklist of cultural figures dangerous to ukraine. and in 2018, president poroshenko, by his decree, deprived iosif kabzon of all his ukrainian. he went to his homeland, despite the bans, sanctions and serious illness, he certainly went with help, in donbass he was not only loved, but respected. for those places, this is a rare quality that says a lot. after 2014, iosif davidovich became the honorary consul of the dpr in russia. how the people's artist was remembered what do fellow countrymen never tire of thanking you for? in olga mokhova's story. october 2014, the opera and ballet theatre. in donetsk, under incessant shelling, but with a full auditorium, a concert of iosif kobzon goes on for 2.5 hours without a break. he came to donbass despite the pressure of the west and the threat. back in 2003 , a two-meter bronze monument to him was erected on the squa