2023-04-16 18:45:23
“Finish them, those Fascist rots! » It’s not a Russian soldier talking about Ukrainians, but a 10-year-old girl in uniform. This is one of the countless examples of the indoctrination of all strata of society by the Putin regime shown in the documentary by Ksenia Bolchakova (1) and Veronika Dorman.
The two Franco-Russian journalists, former correspondents in Moscow, sign an edifying investigation into this process which begins at an early age, at school, through brainwashing practices worthy of Orwell. At the time of “course on the important things”a Putinian Newspeak term for teaching propaganda to schoolchildren, “you have to explain to 9-year-old children that you shouldn’t be afraid to die for your country”.
Tatiana Tchervenko, a math teacher in Moscow, refused to do so. She was denounced for « sabotage » et “negative talk” on “special military operation” and received two reprimands…
Varia, a 10-year-old schoolgirl living in the suburbs of Moscow, was denounced by her main teacher for having drawn a Russian child and another Ukrainian holding hands, above which was written “I am for peace”. She ended up in the post. It took all the cunning of his mother, a physics researcher, to dodge the intrusive questions of a policeman who was being bullied by an agent of the FSB, the Russian intelligence service. “Mom, it’s time we got out of here!” »Varia told him at the end of this terrifying misadventure.
“Fascist excesses”
Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, 20,000 people have been arrested for denouncing the war, according to documentary filmmakers, who take the time to decipher the repressive steamroller put in place: 24,000 investigators, 50,000 prosecutors, 200,000 FSB, 340,000 national guards, 800,000 policemen under the orders of the Russian state.
The strength of this documentary (2) is to give voice to ordinary citizens who want to testify openly to their indignation at the war in Ukraine and its consequences. Their courage also signals their desire to show the world that not all Russians are in favor of the regime.
Assuming their share of subjectivity, the two journalists express their bewilderment at the “fascist excesses” of their country of origin. It is true that there is reason to shudder in front of the images of Iounarmia, “Youth Army” who learn to use a weapon from the age of 6. They were 25,000 members in 2016. They are 1.2 million today…
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