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, the state-owned TV network that’s been a major disseminator of Kremlin propaganda about the war. The distributor was Central Partnership, a subsidiary of Gazprom, the oil and gas giant that is the target of various Western sanctions.
Cine-Starz wasn’t sure what to make of the protest at first, but carried out some research of its own and decided it wanted nothing to do with the movie, said Smajovits. It’s also planning a Ukraine-relief fundraiser for later this spring.Article content Smajovits stressed the chain has nothing against ethnic Russian people or Russian movies, only those backed by Moscow as it wages the largest land war in Europe since the 1940s. In fact, Cine-Starz later agreed to screen a Russian-language work by a local filmmaker after the director approached the firm.
Popov, a Jewish refugee from the Soviet Union, argued the Ukrainian-Canadian anger toward Russia is not even well-founded.Article content
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