It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…
Director: Manon Loizeau
Cast: Alexander Lukashenko, Aleś Bialacki, Natalia Pinchuk, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Svetlana Zavadskaya, Mikalai Statkevich, Barack Obama
It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…
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It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of …
March 18, 2018
Manon Loizeau
Alexander Lukashenko, Aleś Bialacki, Natalia Pinchuk
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