"Putin's Kiss"

Haven't seen this film yet, but the acclaimed "Putin's Kiss" explores the true story of a Russian woman's embrace of the Nashi youth group and her ultimate realization that she had been manipulated and that Nashi was a malevolent force in Russian politics. The film can be downloaded here.

The Shia-Sunni split

From the Economist, a very brief but useful introduction on the Sunni-Shia schism amongst Muslims.