Yesterday, March 15, 2014, a day before Crimea’s secessionist referendum, a message appeared on a social network page supposedly belonging to Khabensky, where the actor denounced Vladimir Putin and expressed his support for Ukraine. 
Jana Machi 16, 2014, siku moja kabla ya kura ya maoni ya kujitenga kwa Crimea, ujumbe ulionekana kwenye ukurasa wa mtandao wa kijamii unaosadikiwa kumilikiwa na Khabensky, ambapo mwigizaji huyo alimpinga Vladimir Putin na kuonyesha kuiunga mkono Ukraine.