Only one truly silent film has triumphed at the Oscars, and it's held this remarkable record for a very long time.

Opposition media refer to these critics as the 'new silent ones' -- comparing them to those who kept quiet about their anti-Communist views in Soviet times ...

One feels "buried alive", another is careful about what he says in public places -- opponents of Russia's campaign in Ukraine are being dubbed the "new silent ones", like Soviet-era dissidents.