BBC (aasta 2022) dokumentaal “Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone”. Kokkuvõte sellest, kuis Venemaal nii kommunism & demokraatia lõpu leidsid. Pole otseselt Eestiga seotud, kuid annab lisainfot tegurite kohta, mis võimaldasid meil taasiiseseisvuda. Ühtlasi toob esile, kuidas meil vedas.

1 [“Part One: 1985–1989”](https://odysee.com/@TomPaine:7/Russia.1985-1999.TraumaZone.S01E01.an.Adam.Curtis.Documentary:5) 60 min
Perestroika. The dream of saving communism. But no-one believes in anything any longer. The managers loot the system. Soldiers return defeated in the war to liberate Afghanistan. Includes footage from the AvtoVAZ factory in Togliatti, the funeral of Kim Philby and the April 9 tragedy anti-Soviet demonstrations in Tbilisi.

2 “[Part Two: 1989–1991](https://odysee.com/@TomPaine:7/Russia.1985-1999.TraumaZone.S01E02.an.Adam.Curtis.Documentary:7)” 60 min
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald’s opens in Moscow.

3 “[Part Three: 1991](https://odysee.com/@TomPaine:7/Russia.1985-1999.TraumaZone.S01E03.an.Adam.Curtis.Documentary:d)” 60 min
The empire strikes back. Hardliners attempt a coup. Power slips through their shaking hands. Oligarchs publish a manifesto. Money will replace all ideology. Yeltsin seizes power.

4 “[Part Four: 1992–1994](https://odysee.com/@TomPaine:7/Russia.1985-1999.TraumaZone.S01E04.an.Adam.Curtis.Documentary:9)” 60 min
Russia goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Dream visions of Russia’s imperial past start to rise up. People cannot afford food.

5 “[Part Five: 1993–1996](https://odysee.com/@TomPaine:7/Russia.1985-1999.TraumaZone.S01E05.an.Adam.Curtis.Documentary:a)” 60 min
Russian society implodes. Millions of people fall into the abyss. Many live underground or in forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy.

6 “[Part Six: 1994–1998](https://odysee.com/@TomPaine:7/Russia.1985-1999.TraumaZone.S01E06.an.Adam.Curtis.Documentary:5)” 60 min
Yeltsin believes a war in Chechnya will save him. The oligarchs seize control of practically everything. In the upside down world gangsters become heroes for defending democracy.

7 “[Part Seven: 1995–1999](https://odysee.com/Russia.1985-1999.TraumaZone.S01E07.an.Adam.Curtis.Documentary:d97ad00f26dc9b5ac147d5211a2e93b9f2b2e091)” 60 min
Suddenly the western bankers leave. Oligarchs take control and search for a new president to be their puppet. They choose Putin. Russians turn against “the curse of democracy”.