Russia declared the teacher and central protagonist of the Oscar-winning documentary "Mr Nobody Against Putin" a foreign agent on Friday, a label akin to being an enemy of the state.

Pavel Talankin, who won Best Documentary at the Academy Awards earlier this month together with US director David Borenstein, spent two years documenting pro-war propaganda at a school in Russia's Chelyabinsk region while working as the school's videographer.

Originally published on doc.afp.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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