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Russian Director Appeals to Putin From Cannes Stage: 'Stop This Massacre'

A prominent Russian filmmaker used the Cannes Film Festival stage to call directly on Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, in one of the most public acts of political dissent from within the Russian cultural establishment since the 2022 invasion.

Camille Aubert · Monexus Culture desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·26 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗
A crowd on a city street unfurls a long white banner while one person waves a Palestinian flag, with mountains and festival booths visible in the background.
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