Black List2027

Black List - Tells the Kafkaesque true story of Alexander Lapshin, a Russian/Israeli travel blogger who unwittingly found himself on Azerbaijan's infamous Black List. He survived arrest, imprisonment, and a brutal assassination attempt, in a tale more chilling than any invented by John le Carré. Caught in a web of international intrigue and blackmail, Lapshin was incredibly accused of being an Armenian spy and plotting to overthrow the government of Azerbaijan because of casual comments on his travel blog and a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh, an area claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan. Lapshin's arrest in Belarus and subsequent extradition to stand trial in Azerbaijan became an international human rights cause célèbre that continues to reverberate today. This is a terrifying tale of one man pitted against the machinery of a Stalinist, totalitarian regime.