Loktev, Julia

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February 5, 2026

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'More relevant every day' in the U.S.: A filmmaker documented Russia's journalists

filmmaker Julia Loktev. Her latest film, "My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air In Moscow," is a 5 1/2-hour documentary structured in chapters, following a close-knit group of independent Russian journalists and activists during 2021 and early 2022 as the Russian government branded reporters foreign agents in the months leading up to and just after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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'More relevant every day' in the U.S.: A filmmaker documented Russia's journalists

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