GERMAN PROPAGANDA: Toppling Soviet statues – How should history be remembered? | DW Documentary
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Case studies in Western propaganda. Everything you see here—including the attached official description of this video by DW— is a cynical, often insidious distortion of history in favor of unrepentant anti-communism and reckless Russophobia. Sadly, there are literally countless videos like this, as the Ukraine war has ratcheted up the sociopathic engines of Western disinformation. Those behind this lying machine are apparently indifferent to the fact they are driving the world to a global conflagration—the ultimate crime.
Amid outrage at Putin’s war in Ukraine, memorials commemorating the Red Army’s victory over fascism are being torn down across Eastern Europe. But don’t Soviet troops who helped defeat the Nazis in World War II deserve to be remembered? In Ukraine and across Eastern Europe, monuments dating back to Soviet times are being torn down. But shouldn't we preserve them as a way of commemorating history? Few seem to think so. But some believe that tearing down these testaments to Soviet victories plays into Putin's hands. According to his propaganda, Russia still identifies with the Soviet Union, and the Russian army under his leadership is fighting the same battle as the Red Army once did. Yet many countries that suffered under Soviet rule see these statues and monuments as symbols of Russian imperialism and oppression. Germany too is home to many Soviet monuments that are even being restored, and critical voices are getting louder. Over 100 years after the founding of the Soviet Union on December 30, 1922, this documentary shows the challenges of dealing with these monuments of the past. We journey to Ukraine, to the Baltic States, and visit the Soviet memorials in Berlin.
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Another example of Western historical disinformation. Probably paid for and even redacted by the CIA or some other alphabet agency, of which the US and West have an obscene abundance. As usual, everything you see and read here is part of a big lie. The video (and its attached "description") are riddled with lies, innuendos and other forms of deception. The text literally drips with hatred toward Russia and everything Russian. It's indeed laughable to hear these characters shed crocodile tears over the disappearance of the rule of law, while slavishly doing the work of US/NATO, two entities notorious for breaking international law whenever it suits them.
They share a common ideology and vision of totalitarian power yet reportedly, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko hate each other. As popular opposition in Belarus and the war in Ukraine force them closer and closer together, we examine the relationship between these two men. We also look back at Lukashenko’s rise to power and hear from some of the protestors brave enough to oppose him. Filmed undercover in Belarus in the weeks up to and just after the invasion of Ukraine.
From her exile in Lithuania, a mother recounts how the KGB came looking for her four-year-old son. When a video of Victor attending a protest was seen on social media, the KGB sent photos of him to every kindergarten in Minsk asking the teachers to identify him. They escaped in time but Victor’s father was arrested and imprisoned for attending the same protest. Also in prison is Daria’s husband, Igor, an independent journalist who ran an information channel on the internet. Although he never overtly criticised the regime, he was still given a 15 year prison sentence.
It was the grounding of a Ryan Air flight to arrest journalist Roman Protasevich that provoked stiff sanctions from Europe. In retaliation, Lukashenko lured tens of thousand of refugees from the Middle East and sent them towards Poland. When people started dying in the sub zero temperatures, he blamed Europe and went to play ice hockey with Vladimir Putin. It was a public sign of support from the Kremlin for a man they are bound to support.
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