
Adam Curtis’s magic lantern through Russia
The documentary-maker’s new series shows how a country traumatised by the failures of communism and capitalism ended up with Vladimir…
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The documentary-maker’s new series shows how a country traumatised by the failures of communism and capitalism ended up with Vladimir…
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