Aleksandr Rogozhkin

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men. (imdb)

A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials... (imdb)

General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway

Anton is desperate. His daughter is suffering from a serious ailment and has been discharged from the clinic without any signs of improvement. He takes his last chance: he will try his luck in the so called "zone" -- the site of a nuclear catastrophe that happened many years ago.

Srubov is a part of CHEKA, the secret police Lenin established after the Bolshevik Revolution. They arrest, interview for a minute, try in ten seconds, and execute intellectuals, aristocrats, Jews, clergy, and their families. In the building basement, five people at a time are shot as they stand naked facing wooden doors. No one to remember their last words; no martyrs, just anonymous bodies. Daily, the kangaroo court, the executions... (imdb)

The hunters meet in an emergency room on a New Year's Eve. Various misfortunes bring these people together, but it is The Holiday, and the party must unwind! You will learn a few things from the film: for example, how to drink vodka yin and yang style, or why vodka without beer is a waste of money. (wikipedia)

Kuzmich, Lyova and General keep on drinking in the Russian wilderness, dealing with the harsh winter and stupid officials who come with the check-up to the woods.

The movie shows a few days in a life of a squad of Russian soldiers in a relatively quiet area of Chechnya. (imdb)

Most stories about prison brutality are set among the prisoners. This unusual feature follows the initiation period of a new guard who has come onto a train taking prisoners to forced labor camps (gulags). Each day, the train travels farther from "civilization," and each day, the brutal treatment the guards mete out to the prisoners and the rough games they play on each other grow in ferocity and barbarity. (Filmaffinity)