Pasha Talankin
High school teacher and co-creator/star of the documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin who filmed and documented state-directed lessons and indoctrination in his Russian school, providing firsthand footage used in the film.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 21min
A Win For Mr. Nobody!
Pasha Talankin, a high school teacher and co-creator/star of the documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, filmed state-directed lessons in his Russian school. He talks about organizing student filmmaking, government curriculum scripts and monitoring, symbolic classroom acts of dissent, encounters with Wagner visitors, and the risks that led him to leave his hometown.
