Last year at the Oscars, the documentary 'Navalny' bagged the top prize. The Russian Opposition leader died in prison last month. This year, Ukraine's '20 Days in Mariupol' might take home the said award at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday.
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, Maria Pevchikh, a Navalny ally, said on Monday (February 26), repeating her allegation that President Vladimir Putin had him killed. Speaking on YouTube, Pevchikh said talks about exchanging Navalny and two unnamed U.S. nationals for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian FSB security service hit man in jail in Germany, were in their final stages at the time of his death. Watch to know more.
The news of Navalny’s death came a month before a presidential election in Russia that is widely expected to give President Vladimir Putin another six years in power. Questions about the cause of death lingered on Sunday, and it remained unclear when the authorities would release his body to his family.
Two former students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi were both nominees for the 2023 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Oscars 2023: 'All That Breathes' is the story of Delhi's black kites and an extended family of traditional metal workers from the walled city in Old Delhi that has been caring for them ceaselessly for decades.
The German-language anti-war movie received seven awards including Best Picture and Best Director, a record for a foreign film.
The crime is punishable by up to eight years in jail, a sign of the rising stakes for Navalny's political allies.