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Berlin film festival: 60 years of masterpieces
The Berlin international film festival (or Berlinale) has been fraught with political struggles. Created by the allies of west Berlin right under the noses of communist dictators, it was a way of opening a window to the 'free' world. Over the years, it has developed into an unmissable world cinema event
post-soviet states, cold war, berlin, jean-luc godard, nouvelle vague, rainer werner fassbinder, berlin wall
Soviet nostalgia: Russian drink, bunker parties and film in Vilnius
Twenty years after the Iron Curtain, the Baltic tiger is experiencing a bout of nostalgia. A young, trendy generation, fed up of hearing about the past, is looking back at a not-quite-so ‘carefree’ childhood under the soviet regime
post-soviet states, good bye lenin, giedrė beinoriūtė, marius ivaškevičius, joseph stalin, reunification, cold war
Zhenya Strigalev: 'London's jazz scene is more open than Moscow's'
At 28, the prodigious composer and late-night jam-session organiser is the only Russian alto-sax player active on the London scene. We catch him at the launch of his new fusion set ‘Findamorale’ at the London jazz festival
post-soviet states, zhenya strigalev, united kingdom, cd, london, western eu, brunch
The future is death metal-inspired art in Kosovo
Contemporary art is just one bright face of the Kosovo prism, from which the works of the likes of 29-year-old visual artist Artan Balaj refract
post-soviet states, future of europe, racism, communism, museum, serbia, identity
UK, Russia: a new Iron curtain?
Two out of three British Council offices were deemed 'illegal' and closed down in Russia in January. A reflection on ties between the Kremlin and London
post-soviet states, photogallery, internet, foreign policy, dmitry medvedev, british council, life-long learning
Arkady Babchenko: ‘Russia is the Germany of 1934’
Sent to the Chechen front at 18, the Russian ‘Novaya Gazeta’ columnist and colleague of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya, 31, lays bare the nightmares he endured in his semi-autobiographical 'One Soldier's War in Chechnya'
post-soviet states, literature, balkans, arkady babchenko, discrimination, brunch, war
Putin: a (filmic) kiss for Valentine’s Day
Two weeks before his handpicked successor takes over, a Russian film released on DVD on 14 February shows a rather different side to a fictional, unnamed outgoing Russian president
post-soviet states, love, vladimir putin, cinema, non-eu countries, world affairs, russian federation
Minsk: the tidy road to regime perfection
Neat, elegant, so clean that you want to go barefoot – that is how the Lukashenko regime likes to present the capital of Belarus - the one visible to tourists, that is
post-soviet states, belarus, feature, minsk, alexander lukashenko, non-eu countries, world affairs
Shams: Tajikistan’s answer to The Beatles
That’s how the band are known in their home country, where they are the most popular group around. Despite their success they’re still fighting the CD pirates and are broke at the end of the month
post-soviet states, dushanbe, kazakhstan, tajikistan, video gallery, music, war
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