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  • A Stalin-Era Story, Roiling Russia

    04/01/2024 10:25:36 AM PDT · by sphinx · 31 replies
    National Review ^ | April 1, 2024 | Jay Nordlinger
    The movie came out on January 25, 2024. There had been very little of the usual promotion. Lockshin’s name was omitted from posters. His name was absent from all marketing materials, such as they were. In any event, the movie was a sensation. The public went to see it, quickly making it the top-grossing Russian movie of all time, in the over-18 category.Furious, the state and its propagandists got to work. As Lockshin says, “a whole campaign” was launched against him and the movie. Propagandists called him a “criminal” and a “terrorist,” and demanded that the movie be pulled from...