TV TATTLE
A Russian communist party calls for a ban on HBO's Chernobyl
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Communists Of Russia, a Marxist-Leninist communist party that shouldn't be confused with the larger and more powerful Communist Party of the Russian Federation, is calling for a libel lawsuit against Chernobyl's writer, director and producers for turning "a tragedy into an object of ideological manipulation" and "demonizing the Soviet regime and Soviet people.”
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