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Review written by Sigurd Lydersen
Revealing documentary about Kadyrov's Chechnya, or propaganda film in favor of Putin's Russia? Our reviewer thinks the latter.


The Family. A movie about Ramzan Kadyrov
Directed by: Mikhail Khodorkovsky

The documentary The Family. A movie about Ramzan Kadyrov about the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was launched in May 2015 in several languages ​​- including an English version. All versions are available on YouTube. The film is produced by Mikhail Khodorkovsky's foundation Otkrytaja Rossija – An open Russia. Khodorkovsky was the owner of the oil company Yukos and one of Russia's richest when he was arrested in 2003 for financial wrongdoing. . .

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