Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

6.8IMDb Score
Released:2018-03-18
Duration:0 min
Country:France
Director:Manon Loizeau
Actors:Alexander Lukashenko, Aleś Bialacki, Natalia Pinchuk, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin
Production:Magnéto Presse, ARTE, RTS

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…

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