Armed Russian police have raided an arthouse cinema in Moscow that defied a government ban on the screening of Armando Iannucci’s dark comedy The Death of Stalin.
Pioner management declined to comment on the raid, but staff insisted that further scheduled screenings of the film would go ahead.
The ministry said any cinemas that showed the film would face fines and even temporary closure.
Pioner later announced that it was scrapping all further scheduled screenings for reasons beyond its control.