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Alexander Rodnyansky worked as a producer in Ukraine and Russia for many years. He participated in the release of "The 9th Company", "Stalingrad" and "Leviathan". We talk to him about his book "Loveless. About Putin's Russia in Nine Films", which was published by Meduza. How to support Meduza https://mdza.io/dOANVOeTWQU You can order the book here: https://magaz.meduza.io/?product=alek... 0:00 How a dictatorship began to take shape in Russia 07:55 How films are made under a dictatorship 15:03 "The 9th Company" - an anti-war film? 26:40 "Stalingrad" and the cult of victory in Russia 39:43 What Zvyagintsev's "Elena" says about Russia 53:33 Rodnyansky and Abramovich