BBC - Dictatorland (2017) Part 1 Kazakhstan

Dictatorland Kazakhstan, Belarus and Tajikistan.

Ben Zand presents a three-part documentary series on the world's most brutal and, at times, grimly hilarious totalitarian regimes, investigating how rulers' caprices can have silly and horrifying consequences.

Part 1 Kazakhstan

In this episode, Ben Zand travels to Kazakhstan to experience the sinister and at times bizarre side to living in a dictatorship. Beginning his journey in the capital city Astana, he finds a wealthy country. In the Bayterek Tower – the national symbol of Kazakhstan – Ben places his hand in a golden handprint of the President, where he’s told he can make a wish. But he also finds that he’s being quietly accompanied by a minder to keep an eye on him.

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