Producer Konstantin Meladze, who before the start of a full-scale war in Ukraine worked and lived in Russia, lost his residence permit in a terrorist country. This is indicated by an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs. It states that Meladze is a citizen of Ukraine, and his status as an individual entrepreneur was liquidated on August 9. “Ceased his activities due to the expiration of the document confirming the right to temporarily or permanently reside in the Russian Federation,” the extract says. Meanwhile, one of the Russian socialites reported that Meladze never changed citizenship to Russian. “Now the artist will not be able to return to Russia even if he wants to. He lost his residence permit in Russia. The composer has Ukrainian citizenship, and he never changed it to Russian,"

As you know, with the outbreak of a full-scale war, Konstantin Meladze and Vera Brezhneva left Russia, where they lived and worked for almost their entire career. They say that the family moved to Italy, where they have two villas. Also, with the beginning of the Russian invasion, Brezhnev actively helps Ukraine and talks about the crimes of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian soil. Meanwhile, Meladze has never expressed his position and continues to remain silent about the war in Ukraine. In November 2022, rumors were even actively spreading on the Internet that the couple had separated amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.