Irina Malinovskaya

War

Alexey Balabanov

Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly

During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.

Empress of Ambition: Catherine the Great

Alla Oding, Nicholas Schatzki

National Geographic: Icons of Power - Empress of Ambition documents the life and reign of Russia's Catherine the Great, widely considered one of the most controversial rulers in the history of the world.