WorldAl JazeeraRussia labels Cannes-winning director Andrey Zvyagintsev a ‘foreign agent’
Russia has labelled award-winning film director Andrey Zvyagintsev a foreign agent after he criticised Putin's war in Ukraine at Cannes.
Acclaimed Russian film director who won 2026 Grand Prix award at Cannes, has been critical of the war in Ukraine.
Russia's Ministry of Justice declared acclaimed director Andrey Zvyagintsev a foreign agent after he publicly criticised the war in Ukraine.
Zvyagintsev had just won the 2026 Cannes Grand Prix for Minotaur, a film about a Russian businessman forced to choose which employees are sent to fight.
The foreign agent label bars him from public office and forces him to add government warnings to everything he publishes, including on social media.
People listed as foreign agents in Russia face heavy bureaucratic restrictions, income limits, and are barred from public office.
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