Ok, thread time:
In #Germany, the film " Ukraine On Fire" will be shown publically in Leipzig today. Spoiler: the film is Russian propaganda and the event is a slap in the face for all #Ukrainians.
@IMatviyishyn @olgatokariuk @DietmarPichler1 @motytchak @ZentrumSM
In #Germany, the film " Ukraine On Fire" will be shown publically in Leipzig today. Spoiler: the film is Russian propaganda and the event is a slap in the face for all #Ukrainians.
@IMatviyishyn @olgatokariuk @DietmarPichler1 @motytchak @ZentrumSM
The problems start with the film's director, the American Oliver Stone. He has directed a number of cinematographic portraits - among them of Hugo ChΓ‘vez, Fidel Castro, Putin himself and even Nursultan Nasarbayev (I have questions).
These films have been criticised a number of times as not being critical enough of the respective individuals portrayed. Stone himself is reportedly close to Putin & asked Putin to be godfather to his daughter...
As for "Ukraine on Fire": the film focuses on the Euromaidan and advances the idea of CIA involvement, notably through protecting Ukrainian nationalists, and it also features Yanukovych. It has been heavily accused of one-sidedness.
The Russian opposition activist Pavel Shekhtman, who btw fled to Ukraine to escape a heavy prison sentence in Russia in 2015, already identified propaganda narratives in the film in 2016 - the same narratives that are used today to justify the invasion:
This is not all. If you look at the poster of the event, you can see that there is a subsequent discussion after the film with two individuals:
1) Ivana Steinigk from a German organisation called "Future of Donbass" and
2) Reiner Braun, from the International Peace Bureau.
1) Ivana Steinigk from a German organisation called "Future of Donbass" and
2) Reiner Braun, from the International Peace Bureau.
After a quick internet search, we can find this: the organisation "Future of Donbass" does regular humanitarian missions to the Donbass (nowhere else in Ukraine ), and have continued to do so during the invasion. Knowing that Luhansk oblast is under Russian control...
...these continued missions are unlikely to take place without Russian approval. There is no word on the entire website about the war, an invasion, or condemnation of Russian actions. Instead, in the media section, an article mentions the "unrecognised People's Republic Luhansk".
And Frau Steinigk talks about her travels in Donbas, stressing how the population "cannot imagine a future with Ukraine".
For the full interview with her, look here: snanews.de
For the full interview with her, look here: snanews.de
Let's briefly look at Reiner Braun, a historian whose work is focused suspiciously much on NATO and the "militarisation of Europe".
ipb.org
ipb.org
In a "reflection" written by him, he lauds the achievements of the Soviet Union in liberating Europe in WW2. He seems to be able to recognise fascism, but not when it concerns Russia.
Conclusion: a film that repeats problematic Russian propaganda narratives will be shown in Leipzig, and this will be followed by a discussion with two individuals who seem to not once have used the term "invasion" in connection with the current Russian agression of πΊπ¦.
Also, for much more detail on this (but in German), have a scroll through the thread by @mfieber linked in the first tweet above.
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