Movies: Boris Yeltsin

  • 2020
    Another Round

    Another Round (2020)

    Another Round

    7.62020HD

    Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication....

    Another Round
  • 2019
    Citizen K

    Citizen K (2019)

    Citizen K

    6.42019HD

    The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement....

    Citizen K
  • 2009
    The Shock Doctrine

    The Shock Doctrine (2009)

    The Shock Doctrine

    7.12009HD

    An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance....

    The Shock Doctrine
  • 2023
    In the Grip of Gazprom

    In the Grip of Gazprom (2023)

    In the Grip of Gazprom

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    The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more...

    In the Grip of Gazprom
  • 2003
    Baltic Storm

    Baltic Storm (2003)

    Baltic Storm

    4.32003HD

    A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned....

    Baltic Storm
  • 2021
    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose! (2021)

    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

    7.72021HD

    Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left th...

    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
  • 2011
    Khodorkovsky

    Khodorkovsky (2011)

    Khodorkovsky

    4.62011HD

    Khodorkovsky, the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins. Putin warns him. But Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia knowing that he will be imprisoned, once he returns. When I heard about it, I asked myself: why didn't...

    Khodorkovsky
  • 2018
    Putin's Witnesses

    Putin's Witnesses (2018)

    Putin's Witnesses

    6.52018HD

    Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to powe...

    Putin's Witnesses
  • 2018
    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship (2018)

    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

    6.82018HD

    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 occura...

    Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
  • 1996
    Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

    Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2 (1996)

    Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

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    Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew the map of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia in the 20th century. Following the turmoil of the Bolshevik Revolution, Communist Russia faces the venom of Naz...

    Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
  • 1989
    Soviet Elegy

    Soviet Elegy (1989)

    Soviet Elegy

    4.91989HD

    In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting Yeltsin had fallen down from the assembly of the Communist Party deities, and participated in the earthly l...

    Soviet Elegy
  • 1991
    An Example of Intonation

    An Example of Intonation (1991)

    An Example of Intonation

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    The second film by Sokurov featuring Boris Yeltsin as the principal character. Now he is the President of Russia, invested with power, bearing the full responsibility for the destinies of his distant compatriots as well as his closest kin and friends...

    An Example of Intonation
  • 2021
    Крым Юлиана Семёнова

    Крым Юлиана Семёнова (2021)

    Крым Юлиана Семёнова

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    Крым Юлиана Семёнова
  • 2024
    Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

    Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge (2024)

    Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

    6.42024HD

    Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert their power after centuries of humiliation. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, they have never been so aligned on the international stage. Their common...

    Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
  • 2018
    .RU

    .RU (2018)

    .RU

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    Documentary montage film by Alexander Vartanov, a subjective look at the beginning of the 21st century in Russia...

    .RU
  • 2021
    Mr. Landsbergis

    Mr. Landsbergis (2021)

    Mr. Landsbergis

    8.22021HD

    This film about the Baltic nation of Lithuania from 1989 to 1991, when it broke away from the Soviet Union. This period of peaceful protests involving lots of singing came to be known as the "singing revolution."...

    Mr. Landsbergis
  • 2017
    The Man Who Was Too Free

    The Man Who Was Too Free (2017)

    The Man Who Was Too Free

    6.62017HD

    A documentary about Boris Nemtsov, a prominent figure of Russian political opposition and an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Nemtsov was murdered in Moscow in February of 2015....

    The Man Who Was Too Free
  • 2016
    Nemtsov

    Nemtsov (2016)

    Nemtsov

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    A story told by those who knew Boris Nemtsov at different times: when he was a young scientist and took his first steps in politics; when he held high government offices and was considered Boris Yeltsin's heir apparent; when he led Russia's democrati...

    Nemtsov
  • 1993
    Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!

    Salam Aleikum, Ingush people! (1993)

    Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!

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    Documentary film about ethnic cleansing in the Prigorodny district in October-November 1992....

    Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!
  • 1989
    Day of Revelation

    Day of Revelation (1989)

    Day of Revelation

    01989HD

    About the leaders and the nature of the activities of informal groups in Moscow: “Democratic Union” and “People’s Front”....

    Day of Revelation