Russian Lessons

At the same time as Milosevic was earning the reputation as the biggest evil in the post-communist world, a perfectly comparable - but perhaps even more cruel - campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing was taking place in parts of Georgia. In this deeply personal and emotional feature documentary we follow the two directors Olga and Andrei on their journey on each side of the frontline during the past year’s Russian-Georgian war. Depicting human drama before coming up with political conclusions, this is an investigation of Russia’s foreign policy stance under Prime Minister Putin. It demonstrates with penetrating clarity how those in power manipulate the "truths" of history as well as contemporary events.