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TSA Seizes Oscar Statuette From Anti-Putin Documentary Team at JFK
The Oscar statuette awarded to the documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin was found after being confiscated by U.S. airport security in New York. Filmmaker Pavel Talankin reported losing the award when TSA agents barred it from a Lufthansa flight to Germany, citing its potential use as a weapon. German airline Lufthansa searched for and located the missing statuette.
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The Oscar statuette belonging to Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin, which was confiscated by airport officials in New York, has been found, according to German airline Lufthansa. U.S. airport security banned Talankin from taking it on a flight from New York.
The incident occurred at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, where Transportation Security Administration agents refused to let Talankin bring the statuette on a Lufthansa flight to Germany. Talankin said he lost his Oscar after TSA agents at John F.
TSA agents claimed the Oscar statuette could be used as a weapon. The flight was a Lufthansa flight from New York to Germany. Pavel Talankin is the star and co-director of the documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin.
The documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin won the Academy Award for best documentary. S.
