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Zvyagintsev Criticizes Putin at Cannes

Updated 2026-05-24 06:05 UTC 1 source Negative

Exiled Russian director Andrey Zviaguintsev called on President Vladimir Putin to end the 'butchery' during his acceptance speech for the Grand Prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival.

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Andrey Zvyagintsev Calls On Russian President Vladimir Putin To End “The Butchery” In Cannes Grand Prize-Winning Speech

Exiled Russian director Andrey Zviaguintsev called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end “the butchery” as he accepted his Grand Prize for Minotaur at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. “Millions of people on both sides of the front ine dream of only one thing: for the massacres to stop,” he said i

2026-05-23 21:02 UTC