RUSSIAN OPPOSITION ACTIVIST LETTER: THE TRUTH ABOUT KIEV REGIME
A letter from one Russian liberal opposition activist (Alexey Sakhnin) to another (Alexey Gaskarov), who was arrested for inciting violence and causing harm to police officers during the riots of May 6, 2012 in Moscow, regarding his trip to Ukraine:
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"..I asked him, "you have half the city of people who disagree, how will you live with them?" And he says to me, verbatim: "for them, we have a compromise. They sit quietly at home. If they want to talk about the "junta", they can say a whisper to the toilet bowl. If they go out on the streets, we will start shooting "
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"Alex, hello, buddy. You know, ever since I got your last letter, I took a trip to Ukraine. Spent there 9 days. And now I have a lot of live experience about how things are arranged over there. I'll try to tell it without superfluous emotions, though it is difficult.
First, perhaps, Putin's propaganda in the fight with Ukraine is self-defeating. It is so discredited that many believe the opposite is true. Of course, this does not prevent it from creating an atmosphere of hysteria among the majority, but many activists both in Russia and in Ukraine and in the West perceive it exactly like you: "The truth is exactly the opposite." Unfortunately, this is not the right approach.
Secondly, you know, the propaganda in Ukraine is even worse. After many years, when the country had relative pluralism, watching what is happening now is very bizzare. Well it is clear - all channels, newspapers and websites inciting a wild national patriotic hysteria. Well, let's say it is a side effect of war. But what about facts? We visited the editorial office of one of the most moderate websites. The type of people from Lugansk working in Kiev, some former leftists out there involved. They claim to be against torture, kidnappings and so on. But on the wall hangs a large poster on which are written the aims and principles of editorial policy. The first among them "to create a conducive atmosphere for ATO " (anti-terrorist operation). That means - fueling the war. Accordingly, the facts are selected for publication. All that is conducive for the "atmosphere" — is published without validation. Everything else is simply not published. Forget about the TV box. NTV and Lifenews could learn from them.
Complete story at - RUSSIAN OPPOSITION ACTIVIST LETTER: THE TRUTH... - Truth about situation in Ukraine
A letter from one Russian liberal opposition activist (Alexey Sakhnin) to another (Alexey Gaskarov), who was arrested for inciting violence and causing harm to police officers during the riots of May 6, 2012 in Moscow, regarding his trip to Ukraine:
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"..I asked him, "you have half the city of people who disagree, how will you live with them?" And he says to me, verbatim: "for them, we have a compromise. They sit quietly at home. If they want to talk about the "junta", they can say a whisper to the toilet bowl. If they go out on the streets, we will start shooting "
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"Alex, hello, buddy. You know, ever since I got your last letter, I took a trip to Ukraine. Spent there 9 days. And now I have a lot of live experience about how things are arranged over there. I'll try to tell it without superfluous emotions, though it is difficult.
First, perhaps, Putin's propaganda in the fight with Ukraine is self-defeating. It is so discredited that many believe the opposite is true. Of course, this does not prevent it from creating an atmosphere of hysteria among the majority, but many activists both in Russia and in Ukraine and in the West perceive it exactly like you: "The truth is exactly the opposite." Unfortunately, this is not the right approach.
Secondly, you know, the propaganda in Ukraine is even worse. After many years, when the country had relative pluralism, watching what is happening now is very bizzare. Well it is clear - all channels, newspapers and websites inciting a wild national patriotic hysteria. Well, let's say it is a side effect of war. But what about facts? We visited the editorial office of one of the most moderate websites. The type of people from Lugansk working in Kiev, some former leftists out there involved. They claim to be against torture, kidnappings and so on. But on the wall hangs a large poster on which are written the aims and principles of editorial policy. The first among them "to create a conducive atmosphere for ATO " (anti-terrorist operation). That means - fueling the war. Accordingly, the facts are selected for publication. All that is conducive for the "atmosphere" — is published without validation. Everything else is simply not published. Forget about the TV box. NTV and Lifenews could learn from them.
Complete story at - RUSSIAN OPPOSITION ACTIVIST LETTER: THE TRUTH... - Truth about situation in Ukraine
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