The Ministry of Culture: films that posing a threat to "national unity" will be banned from theatres

Industry professionals have already expressed their concerns. Andrey Proshkin, the president of the Film Union, said that new rules will allow the government to decide which films will be screened: “Recently two films have already been banned because of the use of curse language. This new regulation will lead to more bans. ” 

“Leviathan”, the recent Golden Globe winner, may fall under the new regulations. The Association of the Orthodox Experts is working on a petition for the Ministry of Culture asking to deny this film its distribution licenses. The activists believe that the film slanders the Russian Orthodox Church and openly criticizes the Russian government, and can’t be screened in the theatres across Russia.