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Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
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Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

2018-03-18 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 6.8

Documentary

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…

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Directors
Manon Loizeau
Production companies
Magnéto Presse, ARTE, RTS
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alexander LukashenkaAlexander LukashenkaSelf (archive footage)
Aleś BialackiAleś BialackiSelf
Natalia PinchukNatalia PinchukSelf
Boris YeltsinBoris YeltsinSelf (archive footage)
Vladimir PutinVladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)
Svetlana ZavadskayaSelf
Mikalai StatkevichMikalai StatkevichSelf
Barack ObamaBarack ObamaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marina AdamovichMarina AdamovichSelf
Maksim FilipovichSelf
Svetlana AlexievichSvetlana AlexievichSelf

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