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The Russian government throws a lot of money at filmmakers - but it has nothing for those who smear the country with "sh-t," the culture minister said. "The one thing I see as pointless is giving the Culture Ministry's money to people who not only criticize, but smear the elected authorities," Vladimir Medinsky was cited as saying by online news portal Fontanka.ru on Dec. 9.

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