''Tourist'' (russian: Турист) is a 2021 Russian war film and

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directed by Andrey Batov.Matthew Campbell
"Wagner Group: the Russian mercenaries hunting Zelensky"
''The Times'', March 5, 2022. According to Matthew Campbell, writing in ''

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'', it is a "most eye-catching piece of propaganda", which depicts the Wagner Group, a mercenary force supported by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who sponsored the film. It was released in Russia on May 19, 2021. Dubbed in Sango, the film was presented to a sold-out stadium in

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, the capital of the

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in 2021. The story revolves around a group of Russian instructors visiting the

with former police officer Grisha Dmitriev who end up fighting with bandits. The film debuted at the

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stadium in

. The film was filmed in March and April in 2021.

Plot

The film tells about Russian instructors who work in the Central African Republic and train the military of the country. Presidential and parliamentary elections are approaching and this aggravates the situation in the country. Former President

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, who was barred from the elections, decides to illegally mobilize the military. Meanwhile, the rebels unite to carry out a coup d'état.ТУРИСТ (2021)
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* 2021 films 2020s Russian-language films Russian action war films 2020s action war films Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin Russian propaganda films {{Russia-film-stub