Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into ...

As the chances of President Donald Trump’s peace deal in Ukraine seemingly recede, attention turns back to the question of Vladimir Putin and his war aims. What does the Russian president want to ...

"Mr. Nobody Against Putin," a film made secretly by a teacher in Russia, shows the propaganda efforts in a country at war.

Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova has admitted to entering Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories without official permits while making her controversial documentary "Russians at War." ...

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. A new film follows the plight of these political prisoners.In a ...

Immediately after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky made a bold prediction. Ukraine, the country he documented in his 2015 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Russia is not a normal country. That's the obvious and inescapable conclusion one comes to after considering everything from the country's ...

A St. Petersburg court of appeals on July 2 extended the three-year prison term of documentary director Vsevolod Korolyov, known for his anti-war stance, to seven years, the court press service said.

Alexei Navalny’s sacrifice for democracy is being recognized in the place where the concept of government by the people first flourished. Greece’s Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival ...

(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 ...