Dar es Salaam, April 2 -- BELGIUM: The Docville documentary film festival in Belgium has canceled its screening of ‘Russians at War after a formal request from the Ukrainian Embassy.

The festival said it made the decision “out of immense respect for the Ukrainian people.” However, it also defended its original choice to include the film, saying it aimed “to offer a platform to very different voices that often do not find their way into the mainstream.”

The documentary, filmed by director Anastasia Trofimova with Canadian government funding, follows Russian soldiers in the Lugansk and Donetsk Peoples Republics. The former Ukrainian regions joined Russia after referendums in 2022.

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