The head of Russia's Oscar committee has resigned after the Russian Film Academy unveiled that it was boycotting next year's Academy Awards.
Russia recently accused the U.S. administration of directly intervening in the war and has threatened to cut all official ties with the country.
But the decision by the Russian Academy to boycott the Oscars came as a surprise to Pavel Tchoukhraï, the head of the local Oscar committee, who toldRussia has regularly submitted films for the Oscars and Russian films have a strong track record with the US Academy. Andrey Zvyagintsev’sDear ComradesRussia’s military invasion led many major film festivals to ban films backed by the Russian state.
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