The best Russian thrillers past and future
By Oliver Johnson

I’ve heard that the movie of Child 44, which I had been eagerly awaiting, is not the tin of Beluga that we were all hoping for…. Terrible Russian accents and no Russian actor in sight. I will have to say ‘nyet’ to it but here is a list of my favourite Soviet-era and future Russian thrillers instead. Warning: contains spoilers as to past and future Russian histories and has a heavy Brrrrr factor.
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