politics
April 30, 2026
Oscar Belonging to Co-Director of Putin Film Missing After TSA Makes Him Ship It
Agents would not allow Pavel Talankin to carry statuette for Mr Nobody Against Putin onto flight from New York
TL;DR
- Pavel Talankin's Oscar statuette was confiscated by TSA agents at JFK airport.
- Agents claimed the 8.5lb trophy was a security risk and could be used as a weapon.
- Talankin had previously flown with the statuette multiple times without incident.
- Lufthansa agents offered to hold the statuette but were refused by TSA.
- Talankin was forced to check the statuette in a cardboard box, which is now missing.
- The documentary 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' documents Russia's propaganda machine and has been banned in Russia.
- Talankin now lives in exile in Europe.
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