Putin publicly slaps down official and demands Western film ban

A furious Vladimir Putin has demanded that Western films be banned after he was left humiliated by an Oscar-winning documentary.The dictator publicly raged at his culture minister, Olga Lyubimova, for her tardiness in enforcing new rules.The move came as the Russian ruler, 73, was humiliated by Pavel Talankin's Mr Nobody Against Putin, which this month won an Oscar as best documentary.This film depicts a small-town Russian teacher who documents how ordinary people - especially children - are drawn into the Kremlin's sinister wartime propaganda system.Putin demanded of his minister: 'Well, why are we just talking?'We ideologically allow in some completely stupid and unnecessary [films], and financially we don't support our own producers.'New curbs needed to be in place 'as quickly as possible', the Russian leader said.