Mumin Shakirov is Moscow based, former Liberty Radio journalist. He is also a book writer and film director.
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Published in: oDRThe buzz, the rattle and getting clean: confessions of a former drug addict
10 years ago former tennis prodigy Viktor Potemkin (not his real name) decided to come off heroin and leave the...
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Published in: oDRSticks and stones: the blogs of Oleg Kashin
Oleg Kashin, a journalist for Kommersant newspaper, was brutally beaten in Moscow last weekend. Unknown assailants...
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Published in: oDRRussian documentary film: extinct, or almost. Interview with Vitaly Mansky. Part two
During perestroika Russians flocked to documentary films to find out about their ‘lost’ history. Then they lost...
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Published in: oDRRussian documentary film: extinct, or almost. Interview with Vitaly Mansky
In the late 80s Russians flocked to documentary films to find out about their ‘lost’ history. Now they’re becoming...
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Published in: oDRGastarbeiters in kino: Russia's invisible class gets its big break
At the recent Kinotavr film festival — "Russia's Cannes" — the main competition featured no less than three films...
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Published in: oDRSaving the Amur tiger
With the Amur tiger population facing extinction, organisations from Russia and abroad have been working to save...