Following the end of March protest action, Medvedev claimed that the movie was shot specifically as an excuse for it, while accusations of corruption were 'made up on compote principle from weird stuff, nonsense and some pieces of paper'.
Newsweek reported that "An opinion poll by the Moscow-based Levada Center indicated that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption".
[11] In a trial which lasted two days, the judge dismissed nearly all of the motions that Navalny had filed, including summoning Medvedev to testify.
[12] The film was covered by many news organisations from across the world, including RBC,[13] Novaya Gazeta,[14] and Vedomosti[15] in Russia.
[19] The Daily Telegraph,[20] Sky News,[21] Deutsche Welle,[22] NRC Handelsblad,[23] de Volkskrant,[24] Helsingin Sanomat,[25] Delfi,[26] Diena,[27] Kas Jauns,[28] Latvijas Avīze,[29] Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze,[30] TV3 Latvia,[31] Delfi,[32] Ru.Delfi,[33] Lietuvos žinios,[34] and TV3 Lithuania[35] in Europe.