'Russians on Maidan' attempts to set record straight about Ukraine's revolution (VIDEO)
Source: Kyiv Post
Kyiv photojournalist/videographer Zoya Shu made a seven-minute film on Independence Square that features Russians talking about Ukraine's EuroMaidan Revolution and how Kremlin propaganda has distorted the public's perception of events that led to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych as president on Feb. 21.
"I think it is important to show that there is no hostility against the Russian people here, even at Maidan," Shu said.
She first uploaded the video on YouTube without English-language subtitles because her primary target audience was Russians. She added English-language subtitles on March 11, only after it had gained 35,000 views. She said the delay was her attempt to prove to "brainwashed Russians" that the work was her own and "not the plot of the CIA or something."
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"So I made it in one day. My purpose was to refute the official Russian propaganda line that there is any threat to Russians here. I am a native Russian speaker, my grandpa was Russian, but Ukraine is my country and I don't want any mess here.
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