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Vladimir Putin wins Oscar for Best Director of a Foreign Country (newsthump.com)

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Vladimir Putin has been crowned the Best Director of a Foreign Country at this year’s Academy Awards after helming the political-comedy ‘The United States of America’.

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[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the US and China have been known to manipulate other countries as well, along with smaller regional shit. Russia's definitely current top dog in that though, unless of course it just means they're the worst at hiding it.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

US gets the lifetime achievement trophy for sure