Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
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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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Alexander Lukashenka
Self (archive footage)
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Manon Loizeau
Marc Berdugo
Stéphane Rossi
Natalia Pinchuk
Self
Irène Challand
Frédérique Pittau
Boris Yeltsin
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Manon Loizeau Director · Karsten Hochapfel Composer Mathieu Goasguen Editor
First release March 18, 2018 · Produced in France · Languages Belarusian, English, French, Russian
Production
Magnéto Presse
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ARTE
Production
RTS
Production
Radio Télévision Suisse
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France
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Languages
Original title
Biélorussie, une dictature ordinaire
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Belarusian · English · French · Russian
Release dates
Switzerland · March 18, 2018
TV · RTS 2
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
February 18, 2019 · internet
France
September 4, 2018 · TV · Arte
Germany
September 5, 2018 · TV · Arte
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