‘I see nobody on the road,’
said Alice.
‘I only wish I had such eyes,’
the King remarked in a fretful tone.
‘To be able to see Nobody!
And at that distance too!
Why, it’s as much as I can do
to see real people, by this light!’
All this was lost on Alice,
who was still looking intently
along the road,
shading her eyes with one hand.
‘I see somebody now!’
she exclaimed at last.
‘But he’s coming very slowly
– and what curious attitudes he goes into!’
A court in ‘Mordor’.
Has banned the documentary.
Mr Nobody.
Against ‘the One’.
From three streaming platforms.
On the grounds.
That it “propagates.
Extremism and terrorism”.
(For the Messenger kept
skipping up and down,
and wriggling like an eel,
as he came along,
with his great hands
spread out like fans
on each side.)
‘Not at all,’ said the King.
The documentary.
Which won an Oscar.
Earlier this month.
Documents the ramping up.
Of war propaganda.
In an ‘orcs’ school.
Of war propaganda.
In an ‘orcs’ school.
Following ‘orcs’ invasion.
Of Ukraine.
In February.
2022.
‘He’s an Anglo-Saxon Messenger
– and those are Anglo-Saxon attitudes.
He only does them
when he’s happy.
His name is Haigha.’
(He pronounced it
so as to rhyme with ‘mayor’.)
‘I love my love with an H,’
It is based on.
Footage collected by.
A school events coordinator.
Who later fled ‘Mordor’.
Prosecutors argued that.
The documentary expressed.
The documentary expressed.
A “negative attitude.”
“Towards the war.
In Ukraine.
And the current government”.
According to ‘orcs’ media.
Alice couldn’t help beginning,
‘because he is Happy.
I hate him with an H,
because he is Hideous.
I fed him with – with – with
Ham-sandwiches and Hay.
His name is Haigha,
and he lives –’
The deputy prosecutor.
Also said the film.
Featured the flag of.
A “terrorist organization”.
Referring to.
The white-blue-white flag.
Which has been used.
By anti-war protesters.
‘He lives on the Hill,’
the King remarked simply,
without the least idea that
he was joining in the game,
while Alice was still hesitating
for the name of a town
beginning with H.
‘The other Messenger’s called Hatta.
The ruling was issued.
By a court.
In the city of Chelyabinsk.
Not far from.
Not far from.
The town of Karabash.
Where his school.
Is located.
It will require.
The film to be removed.
The film to be removed.
From three online video platforms.
I must have two, you know
– to come and go.
One to come, and one to go.’
One to come, and one to go.’
the King repeated impatiently.
‘I must have two
– to fetch and carry.
One to fetch, and one to carry.’
Earlier in March.
An ‘orcs’ governmental human rights body.
Condemned the documentary.
For using footage of children.
Collected without.
Their parents’ consent.
And said it would appeal.
To the Academy.
That awards the Oscars.
To launch an investigation.
That awards the Oscars.
To launch an investigation.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
Mr Nobody.
Against Putin charts.
The Kremlin-mandated indoctrination.
Of ‘orcs’ schoolchildren.
Including lectures.
On the need.
To “denazify” Ukraine.
Speeches by war veterans.
And lessons on.
And lessons on.
How to spot mines.
And handle guns.
At this moment
the Messenger arrived:
he was far too much
out of breath to say a word,
and could only wave
his hands about,
and make the most fearful
faces at the poor King.
In his Oscars acceptance speech.
He said: “For four years.
We have looked at the sky.
For shooting stars.”
“To make a very important wish…
But there are countries where.
Instead of shooting stars.”
Instead of shooting stars.”
“Bombs fall from the sky.
And drones fly.”
“Bombs fall from the sky.
And drones fly.”
“For the sake of our future.
And for the sake of.
All our children.
Let’s end all wars.”
the Anglo-Saxon attitudes
only got more extraordinary
every moment, while the great eyes
rolled wildly from side to side.
‘You alarm me!’
said the King.
‘I feel faint
– Give me a ham sandwich!’
Since the start of ‘orcs’.
Full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Kremlin has ramped up.
Its repression of dissenting voices.
Any public sign.
Of opposition.
To the war can incur.
In long prison sentences.
On which the Messenger,
to Alice’s great amusement,
opened a bag
that hung round his neck,
and handed a sandwich
to the King,
who devoured it greedily.
‘Another sandwich!’
The documentary.
Which is a Danish-Czech production.
Won the Oscar.
Won the Oscar.
For the Best Documentary.
Feature and Bafta award.
For Best Documentary.
Earlier in 2026.
said the King.
‘There’s nothing but hay left now,’
the Messenger said,
peeping into the bag.
‘Hay, then,’ the King
murmured in a faint whisper.
Alice was glad to see that
it revived him a good deal.
The Kremlin has sidestepped.
Questions about the documentary.
In the wake of.
The Oscar win.
“I did not watch this film.”
‘The One’’s spokesman.
Told reporters.
“I did not watch this film.”
‘There’s nothing like eating hay
when you’re faint,’
he remarked to her,
as he munched away.
‘I should think throwing
cold water over you would be better,’
Alice suggested:
‘- or some sal-volatile.’
During a meeting.
With representatives of.
The culture council.
On Wednesday.
‘The One’ said that.
‘Orcs’ cinemas were showing.
“Stupid and unnecessary”.
Foreign films.
While ‘orcs’ producers.
Were not receiving.
Enough support.
Enough support.
‘I didn’t say
there was nothing better,’
the King replied.
‘I said there was nothing like it.’
Which Alice did not
venture to deny.
‘Who did you pass on the road?’
the King went on,
In his Oscars acceptance speech.
He said: “For four years.
We have looked at the sky.
For shooting stars.”
“To make a very important wish…
But there are countries where.
Instead of shooting stars.”
Instead of shooting stars.”
“Bombs fall from the sky.
And drones fly.”
“Bombs fall from the sky.
And drones fly.”
“For the sake of our future.
And for the sake of.
All our children.
Let’s end all wars.”
holding out his hand
to the Messenger
for some more hay.
‘Nobody,’ said the Messenger.
‘Quite right,’ said the King:
‘this young lady saw him too.
So of course Nobody
walks slower than you.’
‘I do my best,’
the Messenger said in a sulky tone.
‘I’m sure nobody walks
much faster than I do!’
‘He can’t do that,’
said the King.
‘or else he’d have been
here first.
*Because I read “Russia bans Oscar-winning film ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’” by Laura Gozzi on 26 Mar 2026, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, as a story of Pavel Talankin, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Mr Nobody Against Putin: Oscar-winning film banned in Russia
