While Western TV audiences of the 80s surveying the Soviet world were following Mikhail Gorbachev, those inside the bloc were just as likely to be interested in a bizarre mass hypnosis artist by the name of Anatoly Kashpirovskiy, as Ji. hlava doc fest audiences have seen this week.

Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/film/global/soviet-tv-audiences-mass-hypnosis-anatoly-kashpirovskiy-1236936646/)

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