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Kremlin-funded blockbuster casts Putin in a tsar role

Echoing Soviet-style propaganda, nationalist film-maker retells the origins of the motherland From John Follet in Moscow

The Kremlin has turned to a tumultuous period in Russian history to foster a subliminal loyalty to President Vladimir Putin and erase the memory of a Communist national holiday.