Official Russian news agencies completely ignored Mr. Nobody’s anti-Putin win in the Best Documentary category in their coverage of the Oscars.
At the same time, RIA Novosti, TASS and Interfax covered the ceremony in detail – many news items about the winners in the main categories, as well as photo galleries, were published on their websites. The agencies also issued separate memos stating that the Russian director, who was nominated for an Oscar for the third time, was again left without an award.
At the end of the concert, RIA Novosti released a separate clip material “Oscars 2026 Winners,” which briefly outlined how the ceremony will proceed, reported that there were 24 nominations this year, and published the full list of winners. But this list listed only 23 winners. There is no nomination for “Best Documentary Feature.”
Later, promoters from RIA Novosti, as well as TASS, mentioned “Mr. Nobody” – in the context of a briefing by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. He was asked to comment on how the Kremlin viewed the American Film Academy’s decision. Peskov responded that he had not seen the film, but “to comment, you have to at least understand what is being said.”
In a note about Peskov’s briefing, RIA Novosti separately noted that the American Film Academy, when it awarded the film “Mr. Nobody”, “ignored works related to Iran and problems in the United States.” The agency confirmed that the film “includes footage of minors participating in school activities without parental permission.”
“Agency” edition Convert it Please note that major Russian media outlets, such as Kommersant and RBC, reported in their materials about The Triumph of Mr. Nobody, but did not specify in detail what this film was about.
None of the three major Russian federal television channels talked about the Oscars at all in their newscasts on the afternoon of March 16. However, this kept happening for the fourth year in a row – Channel One, Russia 1 and NTV completely ignored the results of the ceremony in 2023 (then the best documentary was Navalny), 2024 (the Ukrainian film 20 Days in Mariupol won the award), and 2025 (the best film was Anora, where Yura Borisov played the lead role).