Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

Documentary | March 18, 2018

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

Documentary | March 18, 2018

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…
Producers ARTE, RTS, Magnéto Presse
Original title Biélorussie, une dictature ordinaire
Directors Manon Loizeau
Writers Manon Loizeau

Cast

Alexander Lukashenko

as Self (archive footage)

Aleś Bialacki

as Self

Natalia Pinchuk

as Self

Boris Yeltsin

as Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

as Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)