Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship (2018)

03/18/2018 (FR)

Documentary

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…

Top Billed Cast

Alexander Lukashenko

Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

demonstration

revolution

eastern europe

dictatorship

election

human rights

missing person

dissident

censorship

european union

political prisoner

political repression

belarus

human rights protest

ukraine

economic sanctions

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