{
  "id": 9151829,
  "title": "The Strugatsky brothers’ Soviet sci-fi classic ‘Hard to Be a God’ took aim at dictatorship. Russia’s new state-backed TV adaptation strips away the politics.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/the-strugatsky-brothers-soviet-sci-fi-classic-hard-to-be-a-god-took",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T13:11:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/22/the-strugatsky-brothers-soviet-sci-fi-classic-hard-to-be-a-god-took-aim-at-dictatorship-russia-s-new-state-backed-tv-adaptation-strips-away-the-politics"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The streaming platform Wink is releasing a series called “Hard to Be a God,” based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers. The creators have noticeably changed the book’s plot: now we follow Earth’s envoy, Don Rumata, from his very first days working in Arkanar. There are more characters and more adventures, but the most important thing has vanished: a coherent vision of a utopian future and the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}