Andrei Konchalovsky is theatre and film director and scriptwriter. His films are known and loved in Russia and other countries and have received numerous awards from various international film festivals.
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Published in: oDRRussians, be horrified at yourselves!Russia’s problems are many and varied – low life expectancy and falling population figures, soaring rates for crime,...
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Published in: oDRProtests and the badly ground flour of Russian historyIntellectuals are excited that this winter’s protests are a sign Russia could finally be turning into a democratic...
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Published in: oDRWhere have all Russia's citizens gone?Russian political observers have been titillated by Medvedev’s announcement that he will not be running for...
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Published in: oDRThe living legacy of Russia’s slaveryRussian society has never learnt what it is to feel responsibility for anything. Serfdom was abolished 150 years...
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Published in: oDRGorbachev: the wrong man for Andropov’s reformsGorbachev is hailed for doing away with Soviet totalitarianism, yet his predecessor Andropov was the man actually...
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Published in: oDRAwkward histories: the HolocaustWhether in Russia or beyond, moves to rewrite awkward histories are always done with evil intent. When it is done in...