Missing Oscar belonging to co-director of Putin film found after TSA made him ship it

Agents would not allow Pavel Talankin to carry statuette for Mr Nobody Against Putin on to flight from New York Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, star and co-director of the Academy award-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, that went missing after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials refused to let him carry it with him on his flight in New York has been found, according to the airline involved. Talankin said he lost his Oscar after TSA agents at New York’s John F Kennedy airport refused to let him bring it on a Lufthansa flight to Germany, claiming it could be used as a weapon. The airline has now told the BBC that the statuette has “been located and is safely in our care in Frankfurt”, and it is arranging its return to Talankin “as quickly as possible”. “We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused and have apologised to the owner. The careful and secure handling of our guests’ belongings is of the utmost importance to us,” a representative for the airline added. “An internal review of the circumstances is ongoing.” Talankin, whose documentation of Russia’s prop