Crimea
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Knocking on heaven’s door
RUSSIA: Gorbachev's twilight years captured by now exiled Russian director
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A case of history repeating
CONFLICT: After Crimea was annexed into the Russian Federation, a genocide began against the peninsula’s indigenous people - the Crimean Tatars.
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War in Ukraine – as experienced by those living through it
UKRAINE: A glimpse of the war as experienced by Ukrainians every day since Russian forces invaded on February 24, 2022.
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The war – and the crowd
EDITORIAL: As MODERN TIMES REVIEW editor, I publish a selection of articles that may reflect different opinions most people (the crowd) have about the war in Ukraine.
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Choices of war
CONFLICT: Sergei Loznitsa’s sombre documentary, The Natural History of Destruction, re-examines the heavy bombing of British and German cities during World War Two, posing the question – ‘is it morally acceptable to kill civilian populations as a means of war?’
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Re-thinking history
CONTROL: An animated coming of age story about escape from authoritarian brainwash.
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From protégée to dictator
RUSSIA: A glimpse into Vladimir Putin‘s rise to power – from his early promises of media freedom to the flagrant disregard of democratic norms.
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Why are people unable to live in peace?
CONFLICT: After centuries of hatred, violence, and massacres, Ukraine is yet again at war.