General / Private (2020)

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October 23-26, 2002 – one of the many bloody periods in the modern history of Russia. And the most terrible days for people whose relatives and friends have become a bargaining chip in this tragedy. What were all these lives worth, cut short overnight by a horrific crime? What do the fates of the survivors mean to a state that ignores their pain? What do they mean to a people for whom "NORD-OST" is just a terrible combination of words?
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October 23-26, 2002 – one of the many bloody periods in the modern history of Russia. And the most terrible days for people whose relatives and friends have become a bargaining chip in this tragedy. What were all these lives worth, cut short overnight by a horrific crime? What do the fates of the survivors mean to a state that ignores their pain? What do they mean to a people for whom "NORD-OST" is just a terrible combination of words?

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