BBC Our World - Russia's Modern Mystics (2015)
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 5:31 pm
BBC Documentary - Russia's Modern Mystics
Growing numbers of Russians are consulting mystics and psychics. It's been a longstanding flirtation - most famously, a century ago, the country's last Royal family became reliant on a mystical faith healer called Rasputin. But now, 21st century Russians, faced with growing uncertainty and insecurity, are flocking to mystics for help. For Our World the BBC Russian Service's Olga Smirnova investigates the phenomenon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3csy4kq
Growing numbers of Russians are consulting mystics and psychics. It's been a longstanding flirtation - most famously, a century ago, the country's last Royal family became reliant on a mystical faith healer called Rasputin. But now, 21st century Russians, faced with growing uncertainty and insecurity, are flocking to mystics for help. For Our World the BBC Russian Service's Olga Smirnova investigates the phenomenon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3csy4kq