Cannes, France, May 23, 2026 (AFP) - Russian director Zvyagintsev denounces Ukraine war 'carnage' at Cannes awards

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Acclaimed Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev urged President Vladimir Putin to end the "carnage" in Ukraine on Saturday after his new movie set during the war came runner-up at the Cannes Film Festival. "Millions of people on both sides of the line of contact now dream of only one thing: that the massacres finally stop," he said in his acceptance speech at the awards ceremony in Cannes. "And the only person who can put an end to this meat grinde......

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