[edpc]

And it seems the Russian authorities are also not amused.

Right....because, usually, they're a lighthearted, humorous lot.

[CaliPhant]

" the distributors had the right to appeal against the government's decision."

I'm sure that's going to go well.

[Calvin Locke]

There's an old Russian joke, probably from the Borscht Belt heyday, that goes something like "In a Russian drama,
everybody dies. In a Russian tragedy, everybody dies. In a Russian comedy, everybody dies, but they die happy."

I'm dredging my memory, but I think I first heard it from Soupy Sales, back in the 1960s.

And it probably should have stayed in the 1960s.