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Slaughter of Ghosts. How Russian Prisoners Fight in Ukraine
- Daniil Belovodyev
- Czechia
- 2025
- 70 min
- Russian
- English
The documentary film explores a top-secret Russian government experiment involving the recruitment and deployment of prisoners to the war in Ukraine. This investigation vividly exposes the brutal cruelty of the Russian military machine and the Kremlin’s disregard for legality and human rights. The film reveals previously unknown details of one of the most ruthless and cynical military projects of the 21st century, based on the analysis of several hundred Ministry of Defense documents, as well as testimonies from the soldiers themselves, their relatives, and publicly available data.
Film crew
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Director:Daniil Belovodyev
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Screenwriter:Daniil Belovodyev
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Cinematographer:Georgy Malets
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Producer:Angelina Kazakova
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Sound operator:Stanislav Onasenko
Information
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Theme:War
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Film studio:RFE/RL
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Language:Russian
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Subtitles:English
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