Four Floors in Bielany (Documentary Video)
Every day dozens of Chechens try to escape the Putin-proclaimed happy paradise in Chechnya by entering the European Union illegally via the border with Ukraine or Belarus. Despite the news of general peace and prosperity widely circulated by the news media in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, more and more people dream of leaving their homeland. In 2011, Kirk Ellingham, a freelance photographer took photos of the Chechen residents in the Bielany Refugee Camp in Poland to share their stories as a short documentary.