Question: Are Aleksei Balabanov and Fernando Vera from the same country?
Sentence (from "Aleksei Balabanov"): Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov( 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who shot mostly arthouse pictures but gained mainstream popularity with the crime drama" Brother"( 1997) and its more action- oriented sequel," Brother 2"( 2000), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. as Danila Bagrov.
Relevant evidence: Yes