Украйна: Маските на революцията · 2016

Ukraine: Masks of the Revolution

Paul Moreira · 52 min · France

In February 2014, paramilitary groups fought against the police in the streets of Kyev and ousted President Yanukovych. They settled a new government. According to western media, they were the revolution heroes. But they are actually heavily armed extreme-right militias. The Right Sector, Azov or Svoboda created parallel irregular forces that easily go out of control. In Odessa, in May 2014, they were responsible for burning 45 people to death without facing any charges. How come western democracies haven’t raised their voice in protest? Most likely because these Ukrainian nationalist militias actually played a significant role in a much larger scale war. The Ukrainian revolution was strongly supported by the US diplomacy. In the new cold war that opposes Russia to the USA, Ukraine is a decisive pawn. A tactical pawn to contain Putin’s ambitions. “Ukraine, masks of the revolution” by Paul Moreira sheds light on this blind corner.

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Production companies

Canal+, Java Films, Première Ligne

Locations

Setting

Ucrania

Locations: Wikidata · Data: TMDB / OMDb

Cast

• Stéphane Haumant

• Paul Moreira

• Arseniy Yatsenyuk

• Igor Mosiychuk

• Dmitri Iaroch

• Andrei Biletsy

• Fatima Papoura

• Mark Gordienko