Roy Jones read the poem "I found out that I have...". VIDEO

Legendary American boxer Roy Jones Jr received Russian citizenship, appeared in the promotional video of the Russian TV channel REN-TV, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the death of actor Sergei Bodrov on September 19.

In memory of Bodrov, Jones read Vladimir Orlov’s poem “Native” (“I found out that I have ...”), which was heard in the film “Brother-2”. The TV channel noted that “the boxer doesn’t speak Russian very well yet, but during filming he showed an example of a real champion’s will.” “Jones was able to read the lines familiar to every fan of Russian cinema about “a path, a forest and every ear of corn in a field” without hesitation and with unexpectedly good pronunciation for a foreigner,” added the REN-TV representative.

On the morning of September 20, 2002, the film crew of the film “Svyaznoy”, led by Sergei Bodrov, set off from Vladikavkaz to the mountains. Filming went on all day, and when it got dark, the group, including seven members of the Narty equestrian theater, moved back to the city. At this time, the Kolka glacier suddenly began to disappear. As a result of the natural disaster, 125 people went missing, including the film crew of Sergei Bodrov Jr.