Russian Translation (Season 1)

Russian Translation (Russkiy perevod, 2007) is a Russian war drama miniseries you can watch online on iFILM. A young Arabic interpreter is dropped into a war his country never officially fought.

It's 1985. Andrei Obnorsky, an Oriental-studies student from Leningrad State University, ships out to Yemen as a translator for Soviet military advisors. The routine posting turns into the real thing: firefights, tense special operations, and a murky case of missing weapons. In the African heat he finds a loyal friend and a first love, and grows up far faster than he bargained for.

Years later, now a lieutenant, Obnorsky travels to Libya and learns that his Yemeni friend has taken his own life. The death feels too sudden to accept, so he starts digging on his own and drags up things better left buried. Adapted from Andrei Konstantinov's novel and led by Nikita Zverev. Stream Russian Translation online on iFILM.