Episode 2
Documentary maker Peter Pomerantsev on Russia's journey to a new form of dictatorship: meeting a gangster, Vitaly. From 2015.
In the early 2000s, Peter Pomerantsev (the son of Russian political exiles) came to Moscow to work in the fast-growing television industry. He was perfectly placed to witness the transformation of the New Russia on its journey from communist collapse to a new form of dictatorship.
In a series of character studies, the subjects of Pomerantsev's reality TV documentaries, we glimpse the ways in which the Russian people have responded to and acted upon the opportunities of Putin's new world order. In this episode we meet Vitaly, the gangster-turned-filmmaker, who studied his favourite American mafia movies and then turned his auto-theft crimes into the subject of a hit drama series.
Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Read by Justin Salinger
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Justin Salinger |
| Author | Peter Pomerantsev |
| Abridger | Robin Brooks |
| Producer | Kirsteen Cameron |
Broadcasts
Tue 27 Jan 201509:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Wed 28 Jan 201500:30BBC Radio 4
- Tue 15 Oct 201914:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 16 Oct 201902:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
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