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Informers: Hunting the Enemy Within

Russia’s citizen informers target critics of the war in Ukraine. They work in secret or in public. Their victims face prosecution, creating an atmosphere of fear.

ѿý Eye investigates the rise of informers in Russia. Some do it in secret, writing official letters in the hope that critics of the war are prosecuted. Others use television or social media publicly denouncing individuals and organisations they think unpatriotic.

The consequences for their victims can be devastating and can even lead to jail.

With rare access, this film looks at Russia’s most prolific denouncers, their victims, and the culture of fear that “snitching” creates in Russian society.

It features an investigation into one of the most famous serial denouncers, known as Anna Korobkova. Among her victims, the social Anthropologist Alexadra Arkhipova, turns detective from exile to uncover Anna’s true identity.

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