Ukrainian actor Vitalii Salii was recognized best actor by the National Film Critics Award “Kinokolo-2021.”The board that chose the winner seems to have been unfazed by the fact that earlier this year, the actor had played a Russian navy officer in the Russian TV series Deep Bay.In his defense, the actor claims “there is no storyline in the series that would be anti-Ukrainian, political, or glorifying the aggressor army.”
However, does Russian cinema really exist without propaganda and distorted reality?Across social media, Ukrainians criticized the actor for starring in the Russian series amid Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, which has been going on for eight years already.
Source: Why Russian cinema can’t exist without propaganda and manipulations