Russia bans 'historically false' film on Stalin deportations of Chechens

2014/05/27 09:47:45 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Russia has refused to permit the release of a film about the mass deportations of entire ethnic groups on Stalin & #039;s orders during World War II, calling it anti-Russian and a falsification of history. The historical drama shot in Chechnya details how the Soviets forcibly deported the whole Chechen nation and the related Ingush group -- half a million people -- from their homeland in the North Caucasus to Central Asia in the winter of 1944, accusing them of lacking loyalty to the state. A culture ministry official condemned the film as a & quot;historical falsification & quot; in a letter shown to AFP by the film & #039;s scriptwriter and producer, Ruslan Kokanayev. & quot;We consider the film will promote ethnic hatred, & quot; wrote Vyacheslav Telnov, director of the ministry & #039;s cinema department, in the letter in response to a request for a release certificate.
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