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PBS-How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin (2009).WS-PDTV.XviD.Ekolb

Category: Documentary
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How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin (2009) This is the unknown story of how the Beatles inspired a revolution that helped to destroy the communist system. Leslie Woodhead first met the Beatles in 1962 when he worked on a film in the Liverpool Cavern Club before the world had heard of the Fab Four. Twenty-five years later, when Woodhead began to make films in the Soviet Union, he became aware of how the Beatles legend had soaked into the lives of a generation of Soviet kids -- even though they were barred from playing "Back in the USSR." Now he has been on a journey to meet the Soviet Beatles generation and to discover how the Fab Four changed their lives. Featuring a bizarre collection of Beatles tribute bands, the film tracks down the stories of how the Cold War was won with music as much as with nuclear missiles. Format : AVI Length : 465 MiB for 55mn 27s 864ms Codec : XviD Source : PDTV Language : English/Russian Subtitles : English Hardcoded Genre : Documentary Video #0 : MPEG-4 Visual at 1 035 Kbps Aspect : 608 x 336 (1.810) at 29.970 fps Audio #0 : MPEG Audio at 122 Kbps Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz Enjoy! Ekolb
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Aljazeera - PEOPLE & POWER - Ingushetia - A second Chechnya? - 01-11-09

Category: Documentary
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By Dom Rotheroe and Antony Butts On October 25, Maksharip Aushev, an Ingush businessman and civil opposition leader, was murdered by unknown gunmen who sprayed his car with more than 60 bullets. Shortly before his death, filmmakers Dom Rotheroe and Antony Butts spoke with him for their film on the conflict in the Russian republic of Ingushetia. Recently, the Russian republic of Ingushetia has become the most dangerous place in the Russian federation. Endemic corruption combined with a battle between Islamic extremists and unaccountable Moscow-backed security forces has plunged the area into violence. The conflict has left many Ingushetians in despair; their human rights suppressed and their faith in the authorities in tatters. It is a cycle of bloody atrocity and counter-atrocity that seems to have no end. While the Ingush stayed out of the Chechens' recent wars for independence from Russia, this did not prevent the violence from finally spilling over. In June 2004, rebels attacked Ingushetia's main city of Nazran and killed scores of security officials. With Russia by then pretty much in control of Chechnya, Chechen rebels wanted to spread the war into neighbouring Muslim republics. And in Ingushetia discontent had been growing ever since Vladimir Putin, the then Russian president, installed the unpopular Murat Zyazikov as president there in 2002. 'Disappeared' Trapped in the middle of the decade-long dirty war are 500,000 Ingush. Maksharip Aushev, a businessman and civil opposition leader, told us that he carries a gun "because it's dangerous out there". "At any moment they can turn up in camouflage and kidnap you - and then you'll just be disappeared. "Although the gun will not protect you at least you'll manage to do something so they don't torture you, don't take you away - so you don't just go missing like most people usually do here," he said. Things changed for businessman Maksharip three years ago when his nephew, who had refused to become an informant, and son were snatched off a train by security forces. They were taken to Chechnya and tortured. "As soon as my son and nephew were abducted, I stepped out," he explained, saying that he never wanted to be involved in politics but felt forced into it. Maksharip blamed the Russian security forces (FSB) and rallied public protests, which led to the release of his son and nephew. In the process he also kicked off widespread civil opposition to the regime and became one of the most outspoken leaders of the opposition to Zyazikov, a former KGB officer and an ally of Putin. According to Magomed Mutsolgov, the co-founder of the local human rights group Mashr, it was after Zyazikov became president that anyone even vaguely suspected of opposing the regime began getting visits from the security forces. Mutsolgov co-founded Mashr when his younger brother disappeared four years ago. "Altogether we have had over 500 cases of kidnapping. Some of those people were found dead," he says. 'Nothing left to lose' The violence has been increasing exponentially. Mashr estimates that 212 people were killed in 2008. By August 2009 that number had already been reached. Yet violence by the security forces is only one side of Ingushetia's mayhem. In the last seven years, Islamic militants have killed over 200 policemen, soldiers and government officials. The most devastating attack happened in August 2009 when a suicide bomber drove a truck into Nazran's main police station, killing 24 people and injuring more than 160. In recent years religious extremists among the rebels have turned the war for Chechen independence into a jihad for a Sharia-based emirate covering all of Russia's Caucasian Muslim republics. They have also started targeting civilians whom they deem un-Islamic. Recently, two sisters, aged 52 and 60, were shot to death in a roadside kiosk, supposedly for selling alcohol. "They are psychotic. Putting seven, eight bullets into women. What Sharia law are they talking about?" the victim's sister asks. "We have nothing more to be afraid of. We have gone through all this and are ready for anything. We have lost our parents, husbands. What else can we be afraid of? We have nothing left to lose." Yet even this family lay the final blame less on the militants than on the authorities and the lawlessness and corruption they believe Zyazikov fostered. Poverty Ingushetia is not only Russia's most violent republic. It is also its poorest. "Zyazikov declared that over 70 factories had been built in the republic, that the unemployment problem had been solved, etc etc. We risked our lives trying to prove to the Russian government that there were no factories, that the huge amounts of money allocated to us were simply being fiddled away by Zyazikov and his people," Maksharip said. By October 2008, opposition to Zyazikov had grown to such a pitch and the violence and corruption had become so brazen that Moscow finally replaced him with the popular ex-general, Yunus-bek Yevkurov. The new leader set out to tackle the corruption and violence and brought advisors from the civil opposition into his administration. He also sacked some corrupt officials, tried to initiate talks with the rebels and gained the public's trust. But then, on June 22, 2009, his presidential convoy was rammed by a suicide bomber. Yevkurov ended up in a critical condition in hospital. Extra-judicial executions In his absence, and with the Kremlin demanding even better results against the rebels, allegations of extra-judicial executions by the security forces began flooding in. Many believe it is Russia's FSB, the former KGB, that is orchestrating the cycle of violence in Ingushetia. Their agents have even been caught firing on Ingush policemen, raising suspicions that Moscow is deliberately keeping the fractious north Caucasus destablised in order to justify its controlling military presence. Others believe the motive is also the money that those in power can make from conflict. "As the Russian saying goes, 'It is good fishing in troubled waters.' These kind of civil wars are started to make it easier to steal money," Maksharip said. Suspicion Suspicion of the FSB here is reminiscent of Soviet times. Several human rights campaigners have been killed in the north Caucasus in the last few years. Aslambek Paev, a human rights campaigner, told us: "Everything is monitored. You have to be very careful and observant when you work. Probably I'm the next one. "What difference does it make for us? We know we're dead anyway, that sooner or later they'll kill us." Yevkurov recovered from the attack on him and returned to office. He has since sacked his entire cabinet for making problems worse in his absence. But it is yet to be seen how far his promised reforms will go - or indeed how effective they can be in a land which both the militants and elements of Russia's power structures seem determined to keep on the boil. Losing control One month before his death, the security forces had stopped Maksharip's car and attempted to take him into custody after he left a government meeting. He escaped only because a crowd of motorists, including an aide to the governor, surrounded him. "If I had been a half-metre closer, they would have tied me up and I would have disappeared without a trace," he told Caucasian Knot, a website that covers the region. Yevkurov has reached out to human rights activists and the opposition, offering them a degree of protection, but Aushev's killing suggests that he, and by extension the Kremlin, may be losing control over the overlapping law enforcement agencies fighting a growing Islamist insurgency in the region. Though deep in mourning, Maksharip Aushev's family agreed to our film being broadcast. His assassination highlights the continuing perils faced by anyone who seeks to defend basic freedoms in Ingushetia, raising fears of further violence in the region.
Seeders: 5
Leeches: 0

Rebellion - The Litvinenko Case

Category: Documentary
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Litvinenko was an ex FSB agent who spoke out against his former masters, accusing them of corruption, protection rackets and a range of other crimes, including the 9-99 Moscow apartment bombings. Exiled to UK, he was poisoned by Polonium-210 in 2006. The Russian government has refused extradition requests for his accused killers, ex FSB-men. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038914/
Seeders: 5
Leeches: 3

Democracy Now! Monday, October 26, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines International Day of Climate Action Marked in 181 Nations Report: Rainforest Treaty “Fatally Flawed” 155 Killed in Double Suicide Bombing in Baghdad US Troops Kill Four Afghan Civilians US Drone Kills at Least 16 in Pakistan Schumer: Dems Close to 60 Votes to Pass Public Option Senate Bill Won’t Force Businesses to Provide Health Insurance NYC Mayor Bloomberg Breaks Campaign Finance Records Madoff Billionaire Found Dead in Florida Swimming Pool Another Russian Human Rights Activist Killed Uruguayan Presidential Election Headed for Runoff Niger Delta Militants Declare Ceasefire Illinois Prosecutors Seek Records of Students Investigating Wrongful Convictions Clarence Kailin, Survivor of Abraham Lincoln Brigade, 95, Dies 155 Killed in Double Suicide Bombing in Baghdad In Baghdad, the death toll from Sunday’s synchronized suicide car bombings has risen to 155. More than 500 people were also injured. It was the deadliest bombing in Iraq in two years. The blasts targeted the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Public Works and the Baghdad provincial government. Dozens of civil servants were among the dead. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki visited the site of the bombings and blamed al-Qaeda and former remnants of Saddam Hussein’s Baath regime. He said the attacks would not affect the political process or parliamentary elections due in January. US troops have been called in to help with the investigation. [includes rush transcript] Showdown in Chicago: Protesters Greet American Bankers Association Conference When the American Bankers Association scheduled their annual meeting in Chicago for this week, they probably weren’t expecting the reception they’ve received. Instead of a quiet convention in a downtown hotel, the ABA has been greeted by a parallel gathering of thousands of people in what organizers call the “Showdown in Chicago.” Spearheaded by the group National People’s Action, organizers have tried to bring together a cross-section of Americans affected by the financial meltdown, including homeowners, renters, farmers, workers and retirees. The Showdown kicked off Sunday when protesters entered the lobby of the hotel where the ABA delegates are gathering. [includes rush transcript] 100 Days of Resistance: Al Jazeera's Avi Lewis Reports from Honduras In Honduras, the conflict between the coup regime and supporters of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya remains at a standstill. Talks broke down last week after the coup regime refused to drop its objection to Zelaya’s return to office. Zelaya has accused the regime of trying to drag out negotiations until the presidential elections it plans to hold next month. Zelaya’s supporters are boycotting the elections, and the international community has refused to recognize them. The Canadian journalist and Al Jazeera English correspondent Avi Lewis recently traveled to Honduras for a rare look at the grassroots movement against the coup regime. This is an excerpt of his report, which aired on the Al Jazeera English program Fault Lines. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 80
Leeches: 13

The Anarchist Library on torrent

Category: eBooks, Magazines, Audio Books
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The whole archive of theanarchistlibrary.org
Seeders: 14
Leeches: 3

Long Distance Love (2008).WS-PDTV.XviD.Ekolb

Category: Documentary
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Long Distance Love (2008) North American Premiere: Kyrgyzstan today: Just married Alisher (18y) has to leave his pregnant wife Dildora (17y) to work in Russia, 3.500 km from home. He's one of the 12-16 millions Russian guest workers, who are forced to leave their countries and work, mostly illegally, under harsh conditions in low-paid jobs in order to support their families. After eight months of hardship in Moscow, Alisher decides to return to his young family, although he has failed to earn enough money to provide for them, he faces harsh conditions low pay, abuse from employers, deceit by unscrupulous employment agencies, and hate-motivated attacks.. This is a love story clouded by migration and modern slavery. Directors: Magnus Gertten and Elin Jönsson Director of Photography: Jon Rudberg Editor: Jesper Osmund Music: Magnus Jarlbo Sound Design: Alexander Thörnqvist Post production: Minerva Film, Copenhagen Technical coordinator: Erik Varde Associate producer: Lina Bertilsson Kyrgyz producer: Jyldyz Bekbaeva Produced by Magnus Gertten and Lennart Ström. Produced by Auto Images. In co-production with SVT/Lars Säfström and Film i Skåne/Joakim Strand, with support from The Swedish Film Institute/Tove Torbiörnsson and Nordic Film and Television Fund/Eva Færevaag. Format : AVI Length : 465 MiB for 58mn 15s 28ms Codec : XviD Source : PDTV Language : Russian Subtitles : English Hard Coded Video #0 : MPEG-4 Visual at 982 Kbps Aspect : 608 x 336 (1.810) at 29.970 fps Audio #0 : MPEG Audio at 120 Kbps Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz Enjoy! Ekolb
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Leeches: 10

Aljazeera - People & Power - Black Sea stand-off 14-10-09

Category: Documentary
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The Crimean Peninsula was once part of Russia, but in 1954 in a gesture to mark 300 years of supposedly indivisible union, Nikita Khrushchev, the then Soviet premier, transferred it to the Ukraine. When the USSR broke apart in 1991, the newly independent Republic of Ukraine kept the Crimea and the strategically important Black Sea port of Sevastopol. The Russian navy meanwhile clung on to its naval base there. In 1997, after years of tense negotiations, the two countries cemented this uneasy status quo in a 20 year agreement. Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's president, has since aligned Ukraine with the West, infuriating Moscow and the one-third of the country's Russian-speaking residents. Facing elections next January, Yushchenko has vowed not to renew the base agreement when it expires in 2017, a prospect that will leave Russia cut off from its only warm water port. As Richard Setbon reports Russia and Ukraine are now on a collision course over the country's future, and Sevastopol with its Russian majority and Black Sea fleet is the flashpoint.
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Darwin's Nightmare (2004)

Category: Documentary
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Darwin's Nightmare (2004) Darwin's Nightmare is a 2004 French-Belgian-Austrian documentary film written and directed by Hubert Sauper, dealing with the environmental and social effects of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania. It premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, and was nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Documentary Feature at the 78th Academy Awards. The larger scope of the story explores the gun trade to Africa that takes place under the covers -- Russian pilots fly guns into Africa, then fly fish back out to Europe. The hazards and consequences of this trade are explored, including the pan-African violence propagated by constant flow of weapons into the continent. If it is a "survival of the fittest" world, as Darwin concluded, then the capitalist interests that fund the gun runners are climbing the evolutionary ladder on the backs of the Africans in this stark Darwinian example. Much like the foreseeable extinction of the Lake Victoria perch, and death of Lake Victoria itself, the Africans are in grave jeopardy, even as they survive in the only ways they know how.
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Alone In Four Walls (2007)

Category: Documentary
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Alone In Four Walls (2007) Director Alexandra Westmeier's absorbing documentary ALONE IN FOUR WALLS offers a poignant look at what a devastated economic structure can do to impressible youth. This beautifully lensed film about Russian delinquent boys, all under the age of 14, allows its subjects to recount their offenses and share the often-tragic stories of their lives. Many of the boys have had no family or reliable support in life. There is no place for them in the sad world of their parents, who are often alcoholics, unemployed and living in hovels. And their unhappy expressions only brighten when they talk of their passions and their hopes. At this detention center, these adolescent boys no longer have to fight to survive. They do not have to face everyday torture from their families nor go hungry. They have found temporary refuge and solace among their four walls, in a juvenile detention center where they have a strict regiment, educational opportunities, decent meals and medical care. On the other hand, they are living amongst other thieves and even murderers. Can these boys build new lives for themselves? Displaying both great empathy and restraint, Westmeier builds a heartfelt portrait of innocence lost and a chance of redemption.
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Al jazeera - Countdown

Category: Documentary
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As mutual fear, mistrust and polarisation increases between Iran and Israel, an arms race between the two sworn enemies is gathering momentum. Central to this is the Russian-made S-300 missile system. It is one of the most advanced multi-target anti-aircraft missile systems in the world today and air power experts say it represents a formidable defence against conventional aircraft. In 2005, Iran sought to buy five batteries of the S-300 from Russia in a deal believed to be worth around $800 million. The S-300 would significantly boost Iran's defence capability at a time when it is concerned about the US military's presence in neighbouring Iraq and Afghanistan and Israeli threats to target its nuclear facilities. But the S-300 deal has yet to go through and Israel has been engaging in some diplomatic wrangling in an attempt to ensure that it does not. In early June 2009, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's Russian-speaking foreign minister, visited Moscow. He was on a mission to convince Russia to put an end to its arms deals with Iran and Syria and, in particular, to halt the sale and delivery of Russia's S-300 missile system to Iran. Lieberman had a bargaining chip: If Russia went ahead with the sale to Iran, Israel might continue to provide hi-tec weapons to neighbouring Georgia, which engaged Russia in a war last year. Filmmaker Abdallah el-Binni investigates this high-stakes game of brinkmanship as it threatens to spread to other countries in the region.
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