War (2002) Война
Director: Aleksey Balabanov
The film begins with the main character Ivan Yermakov being interviewed, and as he begins his story the films cuts into the year 2000 during the Second Chechen War, after the fall of Grozny a Chechen warlord Aslan Gugayev runs a camp next to an aul in the highlands of Chechnya. Despite having secure income from his organized crime gangs in Moscow, Saint Peterburg and Samara as well as some legitimate business there, he takes joy in kidnapping, since that is more patriotic and militant than random crime...
