After more than 4 years of sanctions being imposed on Crimea because of Russian annexation, it is still possible for the residents of peninsula to enjoy the best Hollywood movies, sometimes even earlier than in mainland Ukraine. Lawyers say there is no sense of looking at registration confusions of the companies as distributors fall under US sanctions anyway. I managed to uncover the schemes of cinema's work.
As a result of an investigation Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada has appealed to IMAX in Canada and the Canadian government promised to check possible violations. The Prosecutor's office of Crimea (based in Kyiv) urged the Secret Service of Ukraine to investigate the issue.
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