Jerome Salle's film Kompromat is based on a nightmarish true story

By Jane Freebury
December 3 2022 - 12:00am
Above: Gilles Lellouche in Kompromat. Picture supplied
Above: Gilles Lellouche in Kompromat. Picture supplied

Keeping political opponents in check by threatening to expose their compromising behaviour, true or otherwise, is not exclusive to Russia, but it seems deeply rooted in its systems. The KGB had a specific term for it when it became commonplace during the Stalin era: kompromat.

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