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March 13 () –
The Russian authorities have indicated this Monday that they consider that there are signs of “politicization” in the Oscar award given to the documentary ‘Navalni’, about the influential Russian opponent of the same name.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, has indicated that, although he has not seen it and “cannot judge the qualities of the documentary”, he considers that surely “there are elements of politicization in the film, awarded by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of United States and directed by Canadian Daniel Roher, according to information from the TASS news agency.
“It would not make sense to judge the qualities of the documentary, since I have not seen it, but I would venture to suppose that there is an element of politicization here. Nor in Hollywood do they shy away from politicization in their work sometimes,” Peskov said after learning that the documentary, which deals with the poisoning of Navalni, was made tonight with the statuette.
Next to Roher were the wife and children of Navalni, who is imprisoned in Russia. Thus, Yulia Navalnaya, who has collected the award, has expressed that she “dreams of the day when Russia is free.” “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth, for defending democracy,” she asserted before stressing her wish that he be released soon. “He be strong,” she said.
