Police raid Moscow cinema for showing banned 'Death of Stalin'
When asked by the policemen on why they were there, he replied, 'We just wanted to go to the cinema at lunch'
'Death of Stalin'. PHOTO: PUBLIC
MOSCOW:
Russian police on Friday raided a Moscow cinema after it screened British comedy "Death of Stalin" in defiance of an official ban.
The culture ministry withdrew permission for British director Armando Iannucci's film, which satirises the death of the dictator, on Tuesday after Russian officials labelled it offensive and "extremist."
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But Moscow cinema Pioneer, named after the Soviet youth organisation, decided to go ahead with its screenings of the film.
Reports of the cinema's planned defiance led the culture ministry on Thursday to warn movie houses they will bear "legal responsibility" for showing the film.
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On Friday, six policemen accompanied by a group of men in civilian clothing went to the cinema following a matinee screening of the film, and at one point held an administrator and other cinema employees behind closed doors.
Asked by an AFP reporter why they were there, the policemen repeatedly refused to give an answer. "We just wanted to go to the cinema at lunch," one said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK2H54vKlqM
Russian police on Friday raided a Moscow cinema after it screened British comedy "Death of Stalin" in defiance of an official ban.
The culture ministry withdrew permission for British director Armando Iannucci's film, which satirises the death of the dictator, on Tuesday after Russian officials labelled it offensive and "extremist."
As Globes mark cinema's successes, audiences shy away
But Moscow cinema Pioneer, named after the Soviet youth organisation, decided to go ahead with its screenings of the film.
Reports of the cinema's planned defiance led the culture ministry on Thursday to warn movie houses they will bear "legal responsibility" for showing the film.
'Padmaavat' cleared for release in Pakistan
On Friday, six policemen accompanied by a group of men in civilian clothing went to the cinema following a matinee screening of the film, and at one point held an administrator and other cinema employees behind closed doors.
Asked by an AFP reporter why they were there, the policemen repeatedly refused to give an answer. "We just wanted to go to the cinema at lunch," one said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK2H54vKlqM