Seven people were arrested Tuesday at a protest at the Moscow premiere of "Matilda", a controversial biopic of the last tsar that has drawn threats from religious extremists, police said.
Alexei Uchitel's film has outraged hardline Orthodox believers, who view tsar Nicholas II as a saint and object to the depiction of his affair with a ballerina.
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Russian police on Thursday detained four people over an arson attack linked to an upcoming controversial film about tsar Nicholas II and his affair with a ballerina.
Hardline conservatives have derided filmmaker Alexei Uchitel's movie Matilda and it has sparked protests.
A car was set on fire last week near the Moscow office of a lawyer representing Uchitel, whose ownRead more