first of all i would like to congratulate you on the goldline award for the it's a great achievement for the russian filmmaking industry as well as for you personally. but before we start discussing the warden need dance that surrounded i would like you to comment on the latest news of the russian filmmaking community channel after all so what's your take on this scandal around russia's pick for the canny wards i mean synods. off. after the official vote the chairman of russia's oscar committee refused to sign the papers. how can that happen. what's your view on that and what you. i don't have an opinion on this issue really i wasn't aware of it before i saw it in the newspapers i didn't know about russia's nominating a movie for an oscar either i read about it later also in the newspapers and heard about it on the radio. i think what's happened is all down to how human nature decisions are taken by humans it must have been a personal conflict. anyway why do you think epic isn't fit to run for an oscar we are aware of styria types the americans have of russia we often know the artist