Russia is not any official Oscar candidate to the forthcoming international feature film race.
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A number of Russian members on Russia's Oscar committee as well as the President Pavel Tchoukhrai, have resigned in protest at the decisions of Russian academy of cinema.
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Tchoukhrai wrote a letter in which he criticized Tchoukhrai for the Russian movie academy
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Making an "unilateral decision without consulting the head of the committee" and claimed that it was "unfair and unlawful."
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The decision by the Russian film academy to not attend the Oscars highlights Due to
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increasing tensions between U.S. and Russia which has been fighting Ukraine since February. 24.