After winning the Oscar for documentary for “Navalny,” director Daniel Roher used his acceptance speech to blast Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Daniel Roher just knocked Putin off his high horse, dedicating his Oscar to political prisoners around the world.” director Daniel Roher used his acceptance speech to blast Russian President Vladimir Putin: “And there’s one person who couldn’t be here with us here tonight ... Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, remains in solitary confinement for what he calls, ‘Vladimir Putin’s unjust war of aggression in Ukraine.
“Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all. We cannot, we must not be afraid to oppose dictators and authoritarianism. Wherever it rears its head,” Roher said atYulia Navalnaya, Navalny’s wife who is also featured in the documentary, attended the Oscars in her husband’s place, along with their children, Dasha and Zahar. She joined Roher onstage and gave an emotional speech.
“My husband is in prison, just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison, just for defending democracy,” she said. “Alexei, I am dreaming of the day when you will be free, and our country will be free. Stay strong my love.”
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