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Sigurd Lydersen

Behind Putin's backdrop

It is crucial for the Putin regime that more people follow Nistad's call in the recent New Age – that people go to the Promised Land to be blinded and seduced. But behind the scenes, things look different.
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Julie, Russia and the narratives

Russia has become a prisoner of its own grand narrative of a hostile West that is looking to defeat them, says Julie Wilhelmsen. She is banned from Russia until 2019.
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What is an indictment? 

An additional note to Andrei Nekrasov's The Magnitsky Act – Behind The Scenes.
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Putin's power base – unwavering or shaky?

How is an election under a regime that regards democracy as a threat to peace and stability?
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Killed in Russian prison?

This documentary has received enormous attention – before it was seen. But what reality is hidden?
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1. About making a pact with Putin

In Citizen Khodorkovsky, Khodorkovsky would like to give the impression that he is still a challenger to Putin. He does not convince.
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2. Not to make a pact with Putin

Where Khodorkovsky eventually succumbs to the pressure and enters into an agreement with Putin, Nemtsov cannot be compromised. We know the result.
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The documentary filmmaker who had learned the lesson say

Revealing documentary about Kadyrov's Chechnya, or propaganda film in favor of Putin's Russia? Our reviewer thinks the latter.
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The official Russian propaganda narrative fits into the crisis of the Western cold war narrative, which we question too little by

Putin made the living room for western homes – a more grateful task than it may immediately seem.
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