The centrepiece of Ukrainian artist and filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski’s contribution to the SAVA project in his role as Creative Fellow (2023-4) is the film Where Russia Ends (2024).

The film examines the often-overlooked history of colonialism and environmental destruction in the Russian-occupied territories of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. In 2022, previously unknown film footage was discovered in Kyiv Science Film Studios (Kyivnaukfilm). It documents numerous expeditions that a group of Ukrainian filmmakers undertook in the 1980s to various parts of Siberia and the Far North. This material forms the basis for the reconstruction of the erased history of the numerous imperialist wars that Russia waged against its later colonies. Where Russia Ends examines the manifold forms of complicity that played a role in this, shedding light on the ideology of exploitation and development of natural resources.