The Presidential Council on Interethnic Relations accused the Yakut film “Aita” of nationalism
Alexander Dyukov, a member of the Presidential Council Commission on Interethnic Relations, called the Yakut film “Aita” directed by Stepan Burnashev “an exemplary example of nationalist cinema.” “The main message of the film is simple: the Russian policeman (weak, afonya) is the cause of the conflict, an irritant, not because he is a criminal, but because he is a stranger.