[Freelance Warrior]

It all goes back to their Communist past.

No doubt. But that's about past. Capitalism is "those who pay, order the music". Simultaneously, biting the hand of the giver isn't ethical.

[1rudeboy]

Zvyagintsev (of whom I had never heard of until today), argues that it is a violation of the Russian Constitution.

And that's the difference . . . our government pays artists who do not toe the line of the State.