Russian Comedy Plays on YouTube, Not in Movie Theaters, to Avoid Censors

Aleksey Krasovskiy faced an uproar for a film about a tragic event in Russian history. So he paid for it himself and didn’t bother asking for permission to show it.
The New York Times
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA from NYT Movies https://nyti.ms/2sv6ZWw
January 14, 2019 at 02:00PM