
VladimirPutinliterallypoisoneddemocracyinRussia.Inthisrivetinginvestigativeseries,filmmakerJenniferDeschamps(InsideLehmanBrothers,2018),revealsthecriminaltacticsPutinusedtogainabsolutepowerandthelethalforcehedeploystomaintainit.BeginningwiththepoloniumpoisoningofdissidentAlexanderLitvinenkoandtheNovichokexposureofdouble-agentSergeiSkripalintheUnitedKingdom,theseriesoutlineshowPutinbaitedforeigngovernmentstoaddresshisextra-judicialsilencingcampaign.Undeterredbyfinancialsanctionsortheexpulsionofdiplomats,Putinintensifieshisstratagemtowardsnationaladversaries.NGOactivistVladimirKara-MurzadescribesbeingpoisonedtwicebythesameFSBsquadlikelybehindthenow-infamousin-flightpoisoningofoppositioncandidateAlexeiNavalny.InsidersincludingWilliamBrowder,USNationalSecurityAdvisorJohnBoltonandUSSecretaryofDefenseLeonPanettacorroboratetheseasKremlinplotsbutwarnoftherealagenda:thistrue-crimepoliticalexposéreframesPutin’sinvasionofUkraineasapreludetohiswaragainsttheWest. 源自:https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2023/poisons