After twenty years in power, Vladimir Putin continues to implement his geopolitical strategy with Russia’s comeback on the big stage of world politics. He already announced his ambitions in 2007 – and still, it seems like the western governments were hit completely unprepared. What is behind this repeat of the Cold War?

At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as...

In 2013, Dima Ilukhin, the cousin of the film’s director and a soldier in the Russian army, died on ...

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly i...

A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1479-1516...

The lifestyle, self-styling and political opinions of Chechen dictator Ramsan Kadyrov are examined i...

A documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between ...

The Soviet Union was a sinister world. Now the Iron Curtain has fallen, and for the first time we ca...

Twenty-five years after she moved away, Canadian filmmaker Kristina Wagenbauer (a participant in the...

Right outside of Moscow – home to the highest number of billionaires pr. capita – you’ll find the la...

Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the ...

As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chornobyl nuclear disaste...

Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts all...

This film was broadcast on La Sept in October 1990 as a part of Hélène Mochiri's Cinéma de poche pro...

Tells the story of how Edward Snowden managed to evade capture by the US. For the first time Snowden...

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they ris...

The interview, held on January 4, 2001, was the last given by Professor Milton Santos, who died from...

Russia as you have never seen before: from the bird's eye view. From Kaliningrad, to the Bering Stra...

Margarita Mamun, an elite Russian rhythmic gymnast, is struggling to become an Olympic champion. It ...