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Josef Stalin: the man who redefined the meaning of "fascism" for propaganda purposes
A black comedy about the death of Joseph Stalin has been pulled from cinema schedules in Russia just days before it was due for release, after several members of a State Duma committee said it contained "elements of extremism."
On Tuesday, several members of the Committee for Culture said Russia should put off the release of
The Death of Stalin, a French-British production.
"We urge not to ban the film, since we are not to do this under the law, but to conduct additional examination, because we, for instance, see some elements of extremism in it," former actress-turned-politician Elena Drapeko, who is the deputy head of the Committee for Culture, told journalists.
The Death of Stalin is directed by prominent Scottish satirist and TV director Armando Iannucci, the man behind political satire TV series
Veep and
The Thick of It.
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