Putin Forever?
Jun 21 2016
•2h 35m
•Documentary, History
Russian Federation, May 6, 2012. On the eve of the ceremony of inauguration of Vladimir Putin, elected for a third term, the police brutally repressed a march of protest over the lack of freedom existing in the nation. Some people believed that this demonstration would be the beginning of a peaceful revolution, but it was the day when silence and fear won the game. Realize what happens when a person has too much power in his hands.
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Vsevolod Chernozub
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Vitaly Morozov
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Alexei Navalny
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Boris Nemtsov
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