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All post-2014 Russian movies now officially banned in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill banning all movies filmed in Russia after 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.
The bill that he signed late Wednesday also bans all movies produced by Russian companies and Russian citizens after 1991 if they “glorify the work of government bodies” of Russia. The ban means that no Russian movie produced after Jan. 1, 2014, will be able to receive a national distribution license required for any film to hit the screens in Ukraine. Before the ban was imposed, Ukraine had barred dozens of Russian movies and TV series by refusing to give them a license. The Ukrainian Cinema Agency's 2015 black list had over 160 titles including a popular series about a physical education teacher and an animated series for children about trains. RELATED
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