YAKUTSK , September 26The head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, stood up for the locally produced film “The Candidate,” in which one of the main characters is a man dressed as a woman. According to the politician, “local directors cannot make any films about non-traditional values or nationalism.”
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"Our directors cannot make any films about non-traditional values or nationalism. Laws can be interpreted in different ways, but if you ban the film “The Candidate,” then tomorrow you should ban “Gentlemen of Fortune.” or «Hello, I'm your aunt.» I know our directors Stepan Burnashev and Dmitry Shadrin well, I talked to them on the phone and said: “Don’t worry.” But you need to be somewhat focused and not make mistakes, and your native republic will help. We don’t abandon our own,” Nikolaev said during the “Live Broadcast” program. on NVK «Sakha».
It was previously reported that the film directed by Dmitry Shadrin «The Candidate» did not receive a distribution certificate due to LGBT propaganda. The portal calls the comedy “the most important premiere of the fall” and clarifies that it is being screened in Yakutsk cinemas.
At the request of Roskomnadzor, the film “Aita” by Yakut director Stepan Burnashev was removed from Russian video services. The department revealed that the film shows the inequality of the heroes based on nationality.