Potential Controversy around Anora and The Brutalist?

I want to make a clarification that I haven't seen these films, and I don't have a strong opinion either way on these topics because of this. This isn't a drama post intended to stroke controversy. I'm merely mentioning it because of how it'll affect these movies chances at nominations. Also, possible minor spoilers for The Brutalist.

So after the post a while back on how Anora was being review bombed, it led to me to research, as many others also found out, that one of the Russian actors had previously made heavily pro Putin comments. And with the war currently going on, and anger still being quite high as seen by the protests at TIFF with the documentary, it makes me wonder if this will start to become a topic of discussion on the campaign trail, especially if the actor is present. Now, apparently he did apologise and signed a petition calling for a ceasefire, but I haven't found where. And if any other actors have made similar comments, whilst I'm not sure if they have, I can see the movie generating controversy on how it's a pro Putin movie because of the actors comments and how much of it is centred on this Oligarch family in Russia (from what I've heard). And whilst I haven't heard any other actor make similar comments, if they have, that'll only add fuel to the fire. Do you think this could potentially harm the movies chances? Especially given the Academy's want to present itself as supporting Ukraine?

Now for The Brutalist, it's a tad trickier, because it'll come down to how it's portrayed in the film. Like I said, whilst I haven't seen it, I've seen conflicting interpretations either way. Some have said that when it presents Israel in the narrative (not sure how), it erases the existences of the Palestinians and presents Israel as a perfect safehaven for Jewish people. With even one article calling it disgusting Zionist propaganda. On the other hand, I've also seen a good number of reviews say it perfectly separates Zionism and Judaism, and how Zionism as a force was used to hijack the memory of the Holocaust for purposes of exploitation. Now, I'm not sure what way this movie chooses to take this, but given how varied the interpretations have been, I'm interested if this'll generate controversy a la Poor Things, where some see it as progressive and others regressive. Now, with that film, it wasn't as heavily pronounced with how controversial it got, but given how present the Israel/Palestine discourse has been n the news, with Glazers speech, those who called for the ceasefire, those who wore pins and so on, do you think if some academy members, or even audience members, view it a certain way, it might greatly deter them from either awarding it or nominating it, or wanting to shower it with praise? It'll be especially interesting if it generates any controversy if it started being part of the discourse with the audience relationship and on Twitter or Letterboxd and Reddit. Now that they look to Reddit for opinions, but if it echoes general split opinion and controversy, it might seem a bit too hot button to go near. So how do you think this will impact The Brutalist chances?