Russia's version of Homeland criticized for being set before Vladimir Putin came to p

[TMC]

http://www.newsweek.com/critics-accu...wardice-320397

The remake, titled Rodina, follows a Russian Intelligence officer who secretly converts to Islam after being taken captive by Islamist terrorists in Chechnya. But unlike Homeland, Rodina is set in 1999, the year before Putin took power. Critics say that producers wanted to avoid offending those currently in power. But producers insist that 1999 was used as the setting because it was the last "year of general unrest before the advent of general calm in 2000."