Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

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.

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Overview

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…

Cast

Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Lukashenko
Self (archive footage)
Aleś Bialacki
Aleś Bialacki
Self
Natalia Pinchuk
Natalia Pinchuk
Self
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Svetlana Zavadskaya
Svetlana Zavadskaya
Self
Mikalai Statkevich
Mikalai Statkevich
Self
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marina Adamovich
Marina Adamovich
Self
Maksim Filipovich
Maksim Filipovich
Self
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich
Self