- Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was attending a court hearing via video link from the prison when his attorney broke the news to him about the documentary, “Navalny,” by director Daniel Roher, according to his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh.
- She called it “the most remarkable announcement of an (Oscar) win in history.”
- Yarmysh did not report what Navalny’s initial reaction was to the Oscar win.
