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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has accused the bureaucracy, rather than censorship, of suspending the release of a Hollywood film telling the fictional story of US troops rescuing a Russian president from a coup d'etat. State of the Kremlin.
The "Hunter Killer" thriller was due out on Russian screens on November 1, but the publication was withdrawn. Critics of the Kremlin claimed that he had been censored because his plot undermined the image of President Vladimir Putin.
Last year, Russia banned the screening of the black comedy "The Death of Stalin" after officials declared that the representation of the Kremlin after the death of the Soviet leader was disrespectful to the victims of Stalin's purges.
According to Russian media reports, the Ministry of Culture is quoted as saying that "Hunter Killer" did not receive permission because a satisfactory copy of the film had not been sent to the Russian national archives. The ministry's press office did not respond to calls on Friday to solicit comments.
The film, starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman, presents a plot in which the Russian president is being held hostage by his own defense minister.
Reportage of Tom Balmforth; Edited by Peter Graff
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