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Welcome to Chechnya

Inside the Russian Republic's deadly war on gays

This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.

20201h 47mNRDocumentary

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About Welcome to Chechnya

Directors
David France
Cast
Maxim Lapunov, Olga Baranova, David Isteev, Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Zelim Bakaev
Genres
Documentary
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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