Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Putin Apparently Wants to Lose Two Wars at Once

Not satisfied with being humiliated in Ukraine, he is launching a culture war against the West without any ammunition.

Mr. Entertainment.

Photographer: ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, an all-Russian children’s center of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here .

As punishment for Vladimir Putin’s war-crimes extravaganza in Ukraine, Hollywood has cut Russia off from its choicest entertainments, including “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Franchise: The IP Returns.” (One of those titles might not be real. I don’t have time for fact-checking!)