Russian Godfathers: Putin and the Oligarchs
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
This BBC documentary gives a deep insight into Russian Politics and how power got transferred from the oligarchs to Vladimir Putins since the 1990s. Boris Abramowitsch Beresowski used to be one of the richest people in Russia – an Oligarch – and was called “Kingmaker” because he was known of bringing his friends into the [...]
Russian Prison System & Tattoos – The Mark of Cain
(9 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Documentary about the situation in Russian prisons and the people behind the bars. Especially the tattoos of the criminals and their meanings are in the focus of the producer. The documentary was filmed in some of Russias most notorious prisons, like the White Swan. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is [...]
Tetris Documentary – From Russia with love
(25 votes, average: 3.88 out of 5)
Tetris is probably one of the most famous computer-games that have ever been developed. Alexei Pajitnov createt this simple, yet addictive game in 1984 as a student at the famous Soviet Union’s Academy of Science. It initially worked only on the Soviet Elektronika 60 Computer and got very popular among staff members and students at [...]
