In Medieval times, the armies of both sides met by chance, and a great battle began. Since the beginning of time, there have been ' Others' – humans endowed with supernatural abilities – and for just as long, the Others have been divided between the forces of Light and Dark. It received mixed reviews from critics.Ī sequel, Day Watch, was released in 2006.

It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. Protests against Yanukovych and his alleged close ties with the Russian government began last November they culminated on Saturday with the former president fleeing the capital and his rival Yulia Timoshenko being released from jail.Night Watch ( Russian: Ночной Дозор, romanized: Nochnoy Dozor) is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Bekmambetov and Laeta Kalogridis. Either it will be a part of Russia, or else a Polish protectorate,” he wrote on his blog. He has denied Ukraine’s legitimacy as a state: “There is no such country as Ukraine, and there shall never be.

He has now voiced an intention never to travel to Ukraine, writing on his blog that “Ukraine is now a forsaken land, that will take three generations to overcome this villainy and cowardice.” He also urged “normal Ukrainians” to flee to Russia or Belarus and warned Ukrainian fantasy writers not to come to Russian sci-fi conventions.

Lukyanenko, 45, has been a vocal critic of the so-called Euromaidan protests, comparing them to a “forced sex change”. Lukyanenko, one of Russia’s most read authors, is best known for his Night Watch series of urban supernatural novels, which was made into two highly successful fantasy films, and translated into over 30 languages, including English. Leading Russian fantasy writer Sergei Lukyanenko has announced a ban on his books being translated into Ukrainian in protest at the longstanding demonstrations on Kiev’s Independence Square (Maidan) and the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych.

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