Pavel Talankin: How a cage of Putinist propaganda was built on top of the Soviet cage in schools

Teacher Pavel Talankin from the small Ural town of Karabash jokes that he has become the first film director in the world whose films have a 100 percent Oscar success rate. Admittedly, he has made only one film so far, the documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" (2025). Talankin came to Tallinn to screen the film at Artis cinema and speak with viewers afterward. While the audience watched the movie, he reluctantly gave an interview to ERR.

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