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Review | Repentance — an enduring warning about unchecked power
A single image from Repentance resurfacing at ongoing protests in Georgia captures the film’s critique of totalitarianism.
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Review | Stalin’s Cola — the story of Georgia’s famous Lagidze lemonades
In his latest documentary, award-winning director Stefan Tolz examines Georgia’s premier lemonade company — and why it failed to beat Coca-Cola.
Azerbaijan
Two detained in Azerbaijan after ‘organising’ march celebrating October Revolution
Raids were conducted in the homes and offices of those detained people, and books, flags, and compact discs seized.
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Review | The Northeast Winds and Goodnight, Mister Stalin — two films on Gori, Stalin, and loss
These two documentaries set in Stalin’s home of Gori offer two tonally different reflections on his enduring cult of personality in modern Georgia.
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Review | Solar Plexus: A Baku Saga in Four Parts
Famed Azerbaijani screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov’s 1996 novel captures the story of Soviet Baku across multiple generations.
Chechnya
Kadyrov awarded the Soviet-era ‘Group of Forces in Germany’ order
What connection Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov has to Soviet veterans remains unclear.
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Review | My Grandmother — portraying the well-choreographed chaos of Soviet bureaucracy
Kote Mikaberidze’s 1929 slapstick satire My Grandmother is a brilliant piece of Soviet Georgian cinema still relevant today.ag
