Kremlin says Navalny documentary Oscar shows Hollywood 'politicisation'

Daniel Roher and the team of "Navalny" win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "Navalny" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that the award of an Oscar to a documentary about jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed "a certain element of politicisation" by Hollywood.

"Navalny", which won the Academy Award for best feature documentary on Sunday, shows the Kremlin critic recovering in Germany from being poisoned with a nerve agent in Siberia in 2020, and working with the investigative news outlet Bellingcat to unmask those responsible.