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Former Russia correspondent Christof Franzen travels around Russia – including places that Western journalists no longer often travel to. _____________________________________________ 🔔 Subscribe to SRF Dok now on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/srfdok?sub_co... 👉 Would you like to suggest a topic for us? Then write to us: [email protected] _____________________________________________ Putin is waging a war of aggression in Ukraine. Criticism of this is strictly sanctioned in Russia. What is it like to live under these circumstances? Christof Franzen meets people who support the war, opponents of the war who are brave enough to say so, and tries to fathom the Russian soul in a state of emergency. In 2016, Lukas Achermann from Lucerne wanted to fulfill his dream: bring tourists from the West to Russia's Baikal region. Covid and the war thwarted his plans. But Achermann stayed. Franzen accompanied him and people on site and noticed that the war of aggression is omnipresent here - even though it is far away. Christoph Franzen also speaks to the mother of a political prisoner. She explains why her son still does not regret his decision to protest against the war, despite years of imprisonment in a camp. In Karelia, Franzen meets people in villages who actively support their soldiers at the front - but disagree about where the Russian borders end. And a young, visually impaired woman is trying to use protest actions to ensure that her fellow human beings finally see things more clearly _____________________________________________ ▪ A film by Christof Franzen, collaboration: Dave D. Leins ▪ Camera: Yevgeny Kurbatov ▪ Editing: Dave D. Leins, Vladimir Tyutikow ▪ Production: Christine Albrecht ▪ Director: Nathalie Rufer _____________________________________________ This is «DOK»: Our in-depth documentaries on topics from society, nature, politics, sport and business. They are stories as unique as life. NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND REPORTS EVERY WEEK _____________________________________________ 👇 More on the topic of documentaries & reports can be found here: 🎧 More stories to listen to: https://www.srf.ch/audio/themen/mensc... 👀 More documentaries on Play SRF: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/themen/dok... _____________________________________________ Channel info: The SRF Documentaries & Reportages teams report factually, avoid "scripted reality" and are committed to journalistic integrity. The editorial team's credo: We show life in all its shades. _____________________________________________ Social Media Netiquette from SRF: ► https://www.srf.ch/social-netiquette #SRFDok #Doku #Russland#Dok #SRF