Prompted by this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38508145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38508145 That is to say, it was never black and white eve

Prompted by this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38508145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38508145 That is to say, it was never black and white even back then, as it seldom is. There is also a documentary by Terje Toomitsu about these Soviet hippies who, expectedly, were also oppressed by the intelligence services. Toomitsu also did a TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_A97fC4PBk&t=6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_A97fC4PBk&t=6s I am not sure how solid the history writing on this topic is, but I bet the Finnish public broadcaster played a significant role.