Dmitry Medvedev – MRQE

Delo Sobchaka

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After the fathers death, the daughter of one of the forefathers of modern Russian democracy, Ksenia Sobchak, tries to understand the 18 years of his political fate. Together with the director Vera Krichevskaya she gives the word to Anatoli Sobchaks colleagues and opponents, gets acquainted with the criminal case which annulled his career, and tries to find an answer to the question what Anatoly Sobchaks fate would be in todays Russia.

Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putins rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscows most venerated cathedral and dared to sing Mother Mary, Banish Putin! Now they have become victims of a show trial.

Putin’s Kiss

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Masha Drokova is a rising star in Russia’s popular nationalistic youth movement, Nashi. A smart, ambitious teenager who literally embraced Vladimir Putin and his promise of a greater Russia, her dedication as an organizer is rewarded with a university scholarship, an apartment, and a job as a spokesperson. But her bright political future falters when she befriends a group of liberal journalists who are critical of the government, including blogger Oleg Kashin, who calls Nashi a “group of hooligans,” and she’s forced to confront the group’s dirty even violent tactics.

Russian Lessons

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Russian Lessons sees its two filmmaker-protagonists, Olga Konskaya and Andrei Nekrasov, report from different posts on the frontline of the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.