Whether a 14- year-old protester or an anti-war artist, anyone deemed critical of Putin's regime can be locked up for years in Russia. Turbin is currently serving a five-year prison sentence, making ...

My Undesirable Friends,' Julia Loktev's epic documentary, has won three big awards within days, boosting its shot at the ...

Rachel Maddow‘s Surprise Inside production banner will debut its first feature documentary “From Russia With Lev” at the “MSNBC Live: Democracy 2024” conference set for Sept. 7 in Brooklyn. MSNBC ...

Aug. 5, 2024, update: This story has been updated to include post-release interviews with Aleksandra “Sasha” Skochilenko and her girlfriend, Sonia Subbotina. Last week’s historic prisoner swap with ...

Controversy arose at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5 following the screening of a documentary film that attempts to humanize Russian soldiers involved in the war against Ukraine. Russian-Canadian ...

Premiering at Karlovy Vary, Oleh Sentsov's film is composed of 90 minutes accidentally shot by the director's helmet camera during a Russo-Ukrainian War battle. By Frank Scheck Oleh Senstov’s Real is ...

At the request of Russia's Education Ministry, teacher Pavel Talankin helped film pro-war propaganda efforts at an elementary school in the town of Karabash. But ministry officials did not suspect he ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University (THE CONVERSATION) As the chances of President ...

At 23, Nureyev fled Russia to seek asylum in Paris. At 23, Nureyev fled his homeland of Russia to escape persecution for being gay. The first Russian dancer to seek freedom in the West, Nureyev ...

"The Great Sauerkraut Triangle" may be far from Hollywood, but its citizens are rapidly acquiring a film history. The third documentary on the Germans from Russia, North Dakota's most numerous ethnic ...