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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko Bans post-2014 Russian Movies Wednesday April 20,2016

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill banning all movies filmed in Russia after 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.

The bill that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed late Wednesday  April 20,2016 also bans all movies produced by Russian companies and Russian citizens after 1991 if they “glorify the work of government bodies” of Russia.

Relations between Ukraine and Russia soured in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and threw its support behind separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.

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