“Despite surging to the top of Russia’s domestic box office...it has raised the ire of pro-Kremlin bloggers who resent the director’s stance against the country’s war in Ukraine.” @cammanley1 on the latest adaptation of The Master and Margarita.
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Dmitry Bykov's books are banned in Russia, but that might be a good thing, the writer told The Moscow Times. Actually, Bykov is surprisingly optimistic about Russia's near future. Read it all here:
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“I feel anger against the regime, but I also feel anger that the democratic world isn’t doing everything in its power [to stop Lukashenko],” @Tsihanouskaya told The Moscow Times. themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/11/svi…