According to the mosque committee, "Such petitions and shutting of mosques will lead to public mischief and communal division, will damage mosques around the country."
A state-run news agency claimed on Tuesday that the head of Russia's Oscar nomination committee has resigned after the nation opted not to enter a movie for the 2022 ceremony.
Pavel Chukhrai, whose 1997 Oscar-nominated picture "The Thief" was partially released by TASS news agency, said that the nation's Film Academy had unilaterally decided not to nominate a film without contacting him.