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Post by patricklondon on Apr 20, 2014 7:08:23 GMT
It hardly takes a Soviet upbringing to suck up to the powerful in pursuit of commercial interest and profit. My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 21:58:41 GMT
This is probably one of the fastest documentaries ever released.
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Post by bjd on May 10, 2014 7:18:20 GMT
On the front lines of the propaganda war.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 17:52:53 GMT
Well, today I went to see the film Maidan, and it was gripping, one reason being that it was so austere. There was no camera movement (except two or three times when the camera had to move because of an attack) and no commentary. It was just a static vision of what was happening, sometimes on the stage, sometimes the edge of the square, sometimes the room where people were making sandwiches and tea... It was completely up to the spectator to make an opinion of all of these people, because there were very few subtitles as well. When the police finally attack, it was like being in the crowd. Some people collected paving stones, some people broke them to make them more throwable, people built barricades, threw tires on the fire, put on masks to protect themselves from the smoke and tear gas. People were constantly taking selfies or filming the action with their telephones. The final scenes showed a funeral ceremony for some of the dead. It was very nice to see a documentary that does not explain everything to you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 20:54:07 GMT
I see that Switzerland is refusing to join the EU and American sanctions against Russia. This is interesting but also laughable in view of the tiny exports the country makes to Russia -- chemicals, pharmaceuticals and watches, mostly.
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Post by waterhazardjack on Apr 13, 2016 1:12:02 GMT
Well, today I went to see the film Maidan, and it was gripping, one reason being that it was so austere. There was no camera movement (except two or three times when the camera had to move because of an attack) and no commentary. It was just a static vision of what was happening, sometimes on the stage, sometimes the edge of the square, sometimes the room where people were making sandwiches and tea... It was completely up to the spectator to make an opinion of all of these people, because there were very few subtitles as well. When the police finally attack, it was like being in the crowd. Some people collected paving stones, some people broke them to make them more throwable, people built barricades, threw tires on the fire, put on masks to protect themselves from the smoke and tear gas. People were constantly taking selfies or filming the action with their telephones. The final scenes showed a funeral ceremony for some of the dead. It was very nice to see a documentary that does not explain everything to you. Listening to the news tonight from Kyiv makes for depressing contemplation... After details of Poroshenko's wealth appearing in the 'Panama Papers' and Yatsenyuk on the verge of resignation to be replaced by one of the President's cronies, I wonder how those protagonists of Maiden feel now? Seems their friends and relations gave their lives to replace Eastern-backed, command economy corruption with Western-backed free market corruption...
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2017 12:33:21 GMT
This month, the EU is finally lifting visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens. Germany and France were a bit reticent, but the agreement is being signed in Strasbourg on May 17th.
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