Vladimir Putin is rarely opposed politically in Russia, but a new documentary airing Sunday on CNN gives an intimate close-up to one of his most vocal rivals, the imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
, exposed the grim horror of Putin’s politics to much of the world.
“Getting this film out in the world will help the world understand that Vladimir Putin is not Russia and Russia is not Vladimir Putin,” says Roher, the Canadian filmmaker of “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band.” “What Alexei Navalny is an alternate vision of what the country could be.”
As the war in Ukraine has dragged on and war crimes have been widely alleged against Russia, Navalny has spoken bluntly against the assault. On Tuesday, he claimed a distant relative of his, Ilya Ivanovich Navalny,. Navalny suggested he had been targeted for his last name by Russia forces. Pevchikh hasn’t seen Navalny, himself, in more than a year. At every festival premiere and screening event, she happily stays to watch the documentary again.
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