Overview
- Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights asked the Oscars’ Academy and UNESCO to investigate alleged use of children’s images without parental consent.
- The council said the footage was intended as an internal record of school activities but was later used for commercial purposes.
- “Mr Nobody Against Putin” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary on Sunday, co-directed by Pavel Talankin and David Borenstein.
- The Kremlin said it had not seen the film and could not comment, and state-controlled media largely ignored the award.
- Inside Russia, reaction has been divided as some critics emphasize consent concerns against a backdrop of expanded patriotic programming in schools since 2022.