Sentences with phrase «best battle russia»

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The always - topical documentary category is likely to keep its crown as the newsiest bracket at the Oscars by nominating not one, but two features about Syria — festival favorite City of Ghosts, acquired by Amazon in a $ 2 million deal, and Last Men in Aleppo, winner of a Sundance Grand Jury Prize — as well as Icarus, an investigation into Russia's shady doping program (which should get a boost from the news that Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics), and Jane, a lyrical look at pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall, who spent years battling a scientific community that refused to take her seriously.

The story follows a civil war that has broken out in Russia between the government and the ultranationalists who want to restore Russia to its Soviet - era glamor, as well as the battle between a separatist group led by Khaled Al - Asad who seizes power in a small oil - rich country within the Middle East by executing the president Al - Fulani.