Boris Yeltsin

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.

This film about the Baltic nation of Lithuania from 1989 to 1991, when it broke away from the Soviet Union. This period of peaceful protests involving lots of singing came to be known as the "singing revolution."

Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left the majority of Russians dissatisfied with Yeltsin… and willing to vote for the communist leader Gennady Zyuganov. Yet six months later, Yeltsin won the election with nearly 54% of the vote. How did that happen?

Jim Carrey dominó el humor caricaturesco en el cine de los 90 alcanzando el salario más alto jamás pagado a una estrella. No solo sus muecas, también sus caricaturas son una crítica social. ¿Pero a quien dirige su sátira?.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, uno de los hombres más ricos de Rusia, empezó a cumplir una sentencia de 10 años de prisión por evasión de impuestos. Para muchos, su caída se había producido tras cuestionar el poder un recién elegido Vladimir Putin y nunca más podría recuperarse de ella. Sin embargo, durante su estancia en su prisión siberiana, Khodorkovsky se convirtió en un disidente mundialmente conocido. Hoy, exiliado en Londres, sigue luchando contra Putin como el primer día tras 19 años en el poder.

Documentary montage film by Alexander Vartanov, a subjective look at the beginning of the 21st century in Russia

Federación de Rusia, 31 de diciembre de 1999. Tras la inesperada dimisión del presidente Boris Yeltsin, el primer ministro Vladimir Putin se convierte en presidente interino del país. Desde ese día y durante un año, la cámara de Vitaly Mansky documentó el ascenso al poder de Putin. La historia de un testigo privilegiado. La dura explicación de por qué la política es el arte de la posibilidad de lograr lo mejor con el apoyo de muchos, pero también de dar lo peor a cambio.

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…

A documentary about Boris Nemtsov, a prominent figure of Russian political opposition and an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Nemtsov was murdered in Moscow in February of 2015.

A story told by those who knew Boris Nemtsov at different times: when he was a young scientist and took his first steps in politics; when he held high government offices and was considered Boris Yeltsin's heir apparent; when he led Russia's democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin.

Khodorkovsky, the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins. Putin warns him. But Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia knowing that he will be imprisoned, once he returns. When I heard about it, I asked myself: why didn't he stay in exile with a couple of billions? Why did he do that? A personal journey to Khodorkovsky.

Película sobre el origen de las teorías radicales de Milton Friedman, profesor de la universidad de Chicago, y su puesta en práctica, durante los años cuarenta, en países tan dispares como el Chile de Pinochet, la Rusia de Yeltsin, la Gran Bretaña de Thatcher y, más recientemente, en Afghanistan e Irak. Se pone de manifiesto el lado más oscuro de la ideología de Friedman, tan impopular que sólo pudo imponerse mediante la tortura y la represión. Continuación natural de su gran éxito "No logo".

La historia de cómo una periodista alemana y un abogado sueco descubren la verdad acerca de la tragedia del ferry Estonia. El barco naufragó en mitad del mar Báltico en 1994, y en esta catástrofe murieron más de 800 personas. Hasta el día de hoy ésta se considera una de las mayores catástrofes ocurridas en aguas europeas...

The second film by Sokurov featuring Boris Yeltsin as the principal character. Now he is the President of Russia, invested with power, bearing the full responsibility for the destinies of his distant compatriots as well as his closest kin and friends.

In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting Yeltsin had fallen down from the assembly of the Communist Party deities, and participated in the earthly life through connections of different kinds.