Russia Bans Anti-War Doc, Silencing Critics

0:00It's March 26th. This is Global News Today, your AI-powered source for world news. A Russian court has banned the Oscar-winning documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, from three major streaming platforms. Officials claim it promotes extremism and terrorism. The film exposes how war propaganda intensified in a Russian school right after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The documentary draws from footage gathered by Pavel Tulankin, the school's events coordinator who later escaped Russia. Prosecutors argued it spreads negativity toward the war and the government. They also pointed to the white blue white flag, flown by anti-war protesters, and labelled as a terrorist symbol. The decision came from a court in Chelyabinsk, close to the school featured in the film. Earlier this year, a government human rights group slammed it for filming children without parental okay and called for an Oscar investigation. The movie highlights Kremlin-directed classes on denocifying Ukraine, veteran talks, mind detection,

1:03and gun handling. It also covers students who enlisted and died in combat, plus Tulankin's quiet resistance. Putin has griped their Russian theaters' favorite dumb foreign flicks over local ones, while his spokesman admitted skipping the film. This move fits Russia's pattern of silencing war critics with harsh sentences since the invasion began. As awards roll in for the Danish check production, the band underscores tightening controls on