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Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

Documentary
6.8·2018·N/A

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. D...

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Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko

Self (archive footage)

Aleś Bialacki

Aleś Bialacki

Self

Natalia Pinchuk

Natalia Pinchuk

Self

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

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Svetlana Zavadskaya

Self

Mikalai Statkevich

Mikalai Statkevich

Self

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

DIRECTOR

Manon Loizeau

OVERVIEW

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…