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A controversial film about an affair Tsar Nicholas II had before his marriage was screened amid “unprecedented security measures” in the city of Vladivostok following threats and attacks targeting the film and its director.

Anton Alekseyenko, the director-general of the Illyuzion cinema network, told reporters before the screening of Matilda that local and federal security officers were providing security at the theater in the Pacific Coast city.

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