Pavel Talankin, a Russian teacher, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin'

Pavel Talankin, a Russian teacher, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin'

 Arturo Holmes

German airline Lufthansa on Friday said it was searching for an Oscar statuette belonging to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin after reports US airport security banned him from taking it on a flight from New York.

Talankin, who won an Academy Award for his documentary "Mr Nobody Against Putin", was prevented from taking the statuette on board a flight at JFK Airport on Wednesday, film industry news site Deadline reported.

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