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narrator: here in Kiev in recent days

the Maidan - the independence square

has turned into a full-scale war zone

more clashes in Ukraine's capital Kiev

there is absolutely no doubt that snipers

are working here. I counted 10 bodies

Viktor Yanukovich: even today we don't know

who shot those people. that is the problem

reporter: now on the brink of civil war

at least 70 dead so far

and the death toll is rising

Vitaliy Zaharchenko: these technologies

I repeat, no country is safe from them

reporter: what we saw here today was a revolution

a scream in the crowd: hail to Ukraine

Putin: want to know what's happening in Ukraine?

Victoria Nuland: we have spent over 5 billion dollars to assist Ukraine

Vitaliy Zaharchenko: in big politics

whatever they're talking about

they are talking about money

Oliver Stone: NATO has expanded by 13 countries

up to the borders of Russia. 13 countries

narrator: the focus has to be not allowing

this crisis to turn into a hot war

between Ukraine and Russia

Viktor Yanukovich: this is a dangerous topic

we're talking about war

no one should feel safe today

narrator: Ukraine

it's an ancient and proud land

with a rich history

filled with much beauty

heroism and sacrifice

Ukraine is a border land

a place where east meets west

this is the flag of Ukraine

the blue represents the sky

the gold is seeming endless fields of wheat

Ukraine is a prize many have sought

and much blood was spilled in a quest to posess it

Ukraine has been the path for the western countries

as they attempted to conquer the east

in world war I

and in world war II

and every time the ukrainian people payed

the highest price for this grand games of power

history doesn't repeat but it surely rhymes

said mark twain

looking closely to the history of Ukraine

one will notice many rhymes

being surrounded by stronger powers

ukrainians needed a lot of cunning to survive

the art they truly mastered in time

was the art of changing sides

In the middle of the 17th century

ukrainian leader Bogdan Khmelnitskiy

broke the peace they made with Poland

and sided with more powerful Russia

just over 50 years later

as the Russian-swedish war was raging

another ukrainian leader Ivan Mazepa

broke the union with Russia and switched sides

joining forces with the swedish invaders

many times ukrainian history

was written by third parties

seeking to keep the gains of the revolution

Russia agreed to the humiliating Brest-Litovsky peace of 1918

which turned Ukraine into a german protectorate

another historical document

that changed the fate of Ukraine

was the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact of 1939

one of many such agreements being signed

between european countries and rising Germany

attempting to protect his nation

from the approaching Nazi threat

Joseph Stalin negotiated a treaty

of non-aggression with Adolf Hitler

while promising each other peace

soviet and german foreign ministers

molotov and ribbentrop

divided the map of eastern Europe splitting it

into german and soviet spheres of influence

as soon as the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed

Poland was split

and in September of 1939

eastern Poland became the western Ukraine

and a part of the family of the soviet republics

and the USSR

but even this bold dividing of land

only delayed the war

Germany broke its promise to the USSR

on June 22nd 1941 Germany invaded the USSR

and launched 'Barbarossa'

the largest military operation in world history

barbarossa was aiming for

Saint-Petersburg, Moscow and Kiev, Ukraine

three destinations of major significance

Ukraine with its rich land and resources

was an important industrial and economic

source for the USSR

to cut it from the soviet union

would be a great success

for most of those in the soviet union

the second world war

was about fighting the invaders of their land

but it wasn't so simple for Ukraine

the truth is Ukraine has never been one country

when world war II began

a large part of western Ukraine

welcomed the german soldiers

as liberators from the recently enforced

soviet rule

and openly collaborated with the germans

true scale of this collaboration

was not announced for many decades after the war

but we now know that whole divisions

and battalions were formed

such as ss galizien, nachtigal and roland

just in the beginning of the war more than

80 thousand people from the galizien region

volunteered for the ss galizien

later known for its extreme cruelty towards

polish, jewish and Russian people

on the territory of Ukraine

members of these military groups came mostly

from organization of ukrainian nationalists

the OUN

founded in 1929

this organization had the ultimate goal

of an ethnically pure Ukraine

and considered terror as acceptable measure

for achieving their ends

their official flag was black and red

land and blood

it will remain in Ukraine's history long after

the OUN ceases to exist

in early 1940

the organization of ukrainian nationalists

got its own leader - Stepan Bandera

[for Ukraine, for freedom, for honor, for glory]

severely anti-semitic and anti-communist

he proclaimed a free Ukraine in 1941

his german allies found such an act of self-will

unacceptable and they put him in prison

for nearly all 2nd world war

not participating in person Bandera still

managed to successfully spread his ideology

many independent historians state that

the OUN militia exterminated from 150

to 200 thousand jews

on the ukrainian territory occupied by germans

by the end of 1941

the most notorious and outrageous massacre

took place on September 29 of 1941

in Бабий Яр, Kiev

all kikes of the city of Kiev and its vicinity

must appear on monday, September 29

by 8 o'clock in the morning

bring documents, money and valuables

and also hand clothing, linen, etc

any kikes who do not follow this order

and are found elsewhere will be shot

33.771 jews were killed by the Nazis

and the ukrainian militia

another outrageous massacre was carried out

by the ukrainian rebels army and the OUN

it happened on the territory of

the german occupied polish wolyn

and eastern galicia in 1943 and 1944

this genocide of poles was lead by mикола Лебідь

35 to 60 thousand people in wolyn and

25 to 40 thousand people in eastern galicia

became the victims of this massive

ethnic cleansing operation

sensing the inevitable loss of the german troops

the OUN betrayed its former ally

and began fighting against german and soviet forces

in January of 1943

the USSR army began pushing back the german troops

liberating one part of Ukraine after another

western Ukraine was the region held by the germans the longest

and was finally liberated on October of 1944

Bandera's gangs continued their guerrilla war

against soviets, carrying out bloody attacks

on ukrainian villages and towns

leaving chaos and victims among civilians

this war went on till the mid 1950s

when the last collaborators were eliminated

or fled the country

on May 7 of 1945

Germany unconditionally surrendered

and Ukraine remained a part of the USSR

peace after the second world war was short-lived

the USA and the USSR

nations who allied together

along with england against the Nazis

later tragically became foes

as the cold war began

the era of political and military tension

between the USA and the USSR

lasted for nearly 45 years

keeping humanity under constant threat

of nuclear war.

in this battle the USA never took its

sights off Ukraine because of its importance

US intelligences were closely cooperating

with ukrainian nationalistic organizations

as a valuable source of counter-intelligence

against the USSR

cia documents just recently declassified

show strong ties between US intelligence

and ukrainian nationalists since 1946

from the cia reports it's obvious that

they weren't mistaken about the ukrainian nationalists

and Stepan Bandera

according to the oss report of September 1945

Bandera had earned a fierce reputation

for conducting a reign of terror

during world war II

after the second world war

Bandera and other nationalist leaders

fled to Europe where the cia covered them

the cia later informed the immigration

and naturalization service it had concealed

Stepan Bandera and other ukrainians from soviets

the operations involving ukrainians

continued for many years

the nurenberg trials of 1945 and 1946

had put the political, economic and military

leaders of fascist Germany to justice

showing the whole world the face of nazism

and the crimes they committed

but the ukrainian Nazis were spared of such fate

and some were even granted amnesty by the CIA

by 1951 the agency excused the illegal

activities of oun's security branch

in the name of cold war necessity

in 1949 mикола Лебідь, the man responsible

for the mass massacres in wolyn

was moved to the USA where he died in 1989

without ever being investigated for his crimes

protecting the ukrainian nationalist mикола Лебідь

the CIA stopped criminal investigation of the

immigration and naturalization service

perhaps Bandera lost his use to the USA

or maybe the KGB agency outplayed the CIA

but in 1959 Stepan Bandera was killed in munich

where he was hiding under the name of Stepan popel

i0t's fair to say that by sheer coincidence

Bandera became the main symbol of

ukrainian nationalism because he wasn't neither

its only nor its most powerful leader

dmitriy dontsov was the father of the far right

totalitarian doctrine in Ukraine

andriy melnik the leader of another fraction of the oun

roman shuhevich the leader of the ukrainian rebel's army

and many others

Bandera's dangerous ideology

suppressed by the soviet government

but supported by external forces

was never completely eliminated

the seeds of ukrainian nationalism

were passed from generation to generation

unfortunately not many years had gone by

before they once again grew

in 1954 Ukraine's territory was expanded once more

when nikita khrushev, leader of the USSR

and an ukrainian himself

generously gave the crimean region to Ukraine

historians will debate for many years

about this being legal and 60 years later

another series of dramatic events

were taking place in crimea

reporter: the eyes of the world are on Ukraine

as the crisis in crimea continues

several dozens of well armed people

have captured the government in crimea

should Ukraine just shrug its shoulders

and say 'ok, crimea is lost'?

narrator: the old argument would repeat once again

the cold war was going up and down

while both rivals were obsessed

with growing their military capacity

the turning point came with the Perestroyka

when the USSR got its new leader

Michael Gorbachev, in the middle of 1980

Perestroyka means restructuring towards

democratization and modernization

it certainly had a positive impact

on the international situation

reporter: astonishing news from Berlin

where the german authorities announced

that the Berlin wall doesn't mean anything anymore

narrator: but inside the USSR

the weakening of the Kremlin control had different consequences

the ukrainian nationalistic political organization

called Narodniy Ruh or the National Movement

was established in 1989

Viacheslav Chernovol: I congratulate all of us in this

remarkable event, the creation of our movement

narrator: they advocated for independence of Ukraine

from the USSR and became the starting point

for many of the ukrainian nationalistic

and neo-Nazi leaders

in 1991 one of them, oleg tyagnibok

founded 'cвобода'

or 'freedom' radical nationalistic party

openly following the good old principles of Bandera

oleg tyagnibok: they were prepared and fought against Russians

fought against germans, fought against kikes

and all other scum trying to take our ukrainian country from us

narrator: purge Ukraine from jews and Russians

Ukraine for ukrainians and so on

these statements got him the 5th place

on the list of top 10 anti-semites in the world

according to the simon wiesenthal center

oleg tyagnibok: hail to Ukraine crowd: hail to the heroes

narrator: sadly such statements attracted numerous followers

dmitriy yarosh founded another extreme right organization

'tризуб' or 'trident' in 1994

in April of 2013 yarosh became the assistant to a deputy from “udar”

or strike party lead by vitaly klitchko

later that year he founded another far right ukrainian neo-Nazi group

the right sector

andriy parubiy would soon lead the whole army

of the ultra-nationalistic warriors

and the torch marches will once again

lighting the streets of ukrainian cities

[heroes never die]

the world drastically changed in August of 1991

when the USSR de-facto ceased to exist

and many new political formations appeared on the world map

Ukraine one of them

for the first time in modern history

it was truly independent and all on itself

reporter: the red flag above the Kremlin

came down today when president Горбачёв resigned

ending 70 years of communist rule in the USSR

narrator: the years after the fall of the USSR

were known as crazy 90s on all

post-soviet territories

reporter: he's leaving behind 15 individual states

that share only a disaster economy

and an uncertain future

narrator: after the planned economy of the USSR

the free market changed the rules of the game

new businesses emerged quickly

and soon the first oligarchs appeared

a former country without class division

became divided into unequal parts

a few chosen ones became rich

while the rest had to fight to survive

Putin: right after gaining independence

a wild privatization of the state property began

lowering the life quality of the people

right after the independence

and what is interesting, whoever was coming to power

nothing changed for the people

a constant robbery of the people was happening

a constant robbery of the ukrainian people

of course the people grew tired of this

of this growing corruption

narrator: the disappointment of the people

made Ukraine vulnerable to outside forces

and soon people were to know the new kind of war

one had never known before - the color revolutions

reporter: the protesters are confronting the police

while the result of the elections are being questioned

and they are calling for a new vote

narrator: for 24 years of its independence

Ukraine got through 2 revolutions

in 2004 people came on the streets of Kiev

and started the orange revolution

at that time Ukraine once again became the battlefield of two forces

Russia and western countries

the confrontation reached its peak during the presidential election of 2004

two major candidates

western-backed Viktor Ushenko

and Russia-oriented Viktor Yanukovich

almost equally shared the votes of the ukrainian people

by the way - calling Viktor Ushenko western-backed

was not an exaggeration

his wife - kатерина Viktor Ushenko

is a former US state department official

and worked in the white house during Reagan's administration

the votes were split in a geographic principle

traditionally pro-Russia eastern Ukraine

voted for Viktor Yanukovich

while western Ukraine voted for Viktor Ushenko

by the announced results

Viktor Ushenko lost to Viktor Yanukovich

but thousands of people didn't agree with that

and came to the central square of Kiev

on November 22nd of 2004

the situation got wide press coverage

reporter: the government election commission

ignored the fraud accusations and declared Viktor Yanukovich president

narrator: the international politicians

such as former secretary of NATO javier solana

became frequent guests in Kiev

initiating negotiations between the parties

javier solana: i'm hoping that together

we can overcome these difficulties

narrator: the results of the negotiations

were often reached only on paper

for example Viktor Ushenko never told his supporters

to stop blocking the government institutions in the center of Kiev

therefore these non-violent protests lasted for a month

during which the result of the previous election were canceled

and new elections were announced

the important nuance

just 3 months before

Viktor Ushenko suffered a mysterious

still unsolved poisoning

but it didn't prevent him

from winning the new election

but as we shall soon see

there was much more than just

the people's will to this victory

this peaceful revolution and its leaders

were warmly welcomed by the international community

but the euphoria didn't last long

Viktor Ushenko's government failed the reforms

and lost its chance to establish democracy

instead of setting into internal fighting

Viktor Ushenko was not reelected for a second term

but in the end of his presidency

he had time to give one last gift

to his supporters from western Ukraine

Ushenko: in conclusion I would like to say

something that is long awaited

by the ukrainian patriots for many years

I have signed a decree

for the unbroken spirit

and standing for the idea

of fighting for independent Ukraine

I declare Stepan Bandera

a national hero of Ukraine

hail to Ukraine

narrator: the hero status of Stepan Bandera was short-lived

in 2010 Viktor Yanukovich was elected president

and this time the international community

had no doubts about the legitimacy of the elections

in January 2011 Viktor Yanukovich repealed the hero title of Bandera

and after almost 4 years of his presidency

another revolution shook Ukraine

unfortunately this one was anything but peaceful

Oliver Stone: Mr. Yanukovich, I am an american

i'm an outsider in this situation and it's very complicated

but I would like, as a filmmaker

to just jump into the action

and go to those moments in November 2013

you're president of Ukraine, been president for 3 years

at this point the country is in a bad economic shape

you have a trade agreement with Russia and now

you're seeking making a better agreement with EU and you're negotiating

can you tell me at that moment what you were thinking?

Yanukovich: this was truly a very complicated period for Ukraine

and wee needed to find a solution for the problems of 2013

so we had 2 partners first of all

we were relying on the international monetary found

but the IMF for a year of negotiations was proposing US options that were unacceptable

a significant rise of energy resources prices for the people, natural gas first of all

that meant a significant rise of the people's expenses

while their income would stay at the same level

we wouldn't agree with that

we proposed another option and we officially got rejected by the IMF in November of 2013

the other option was Russia

Russia said - we're ready to work with you as partners

if you take our interests in consideration

Putin: because the economy of Russia and Ukraine

were established as one

absolutely unique economical relations were born

the Russian market was completely open for ukrainian

products and our customs border with Ukraine is completely open

in that way the EU would enter our market with its products without any negotiations

Yanukovich: and so when we began calculating the balances

we saw the agreement prepared by the EU for Ukraine

requires a lot of economic efforts and losses

and the EU wouldn't compensate any of it

and the Russian market would drastically reduce

Putin: we said - of course, if Ukraine decided to do that

than it's their decision and we respect it

but we mustn't be the ones to pay for it

Yanukovich: our negotiations with the eu

didn't succeed and that's why

we proposed to make a break

reporter: violent clashes are happening in Kiev

where about 100 thousand people came on the streets

to protest against the government's decision

to delay the signing of the association agreement with eu

Oliver Stone: Vitaliy, you were the minister of inner affairs

of Ukraine in that period

so basically you were the head of Ukraine's police

so tell me your vision on the protests happened in November through February

Vitaliy Zaharchenko: we had the information

that these mass protests were being planned anyway

and they were to start in 2015

but the opposition used the fact

that the government decided to delay

the signing of the association agreement with eu

narrator: arseniy yatsenuk

the leader of the opposition block “the fatherland”

oleg tyagnibok, the leader of the oppositional

far right radical party “cвобода”

Vitaliy klitchko, the leader of the opposition party “udar”

reporter: on thursday

leaders of the EU and Ukraine stated

that the negotiation on the association agreement

can be resumed after the 2 day consulting

but now the association agreement is of the table

angela merkel: we expected more from you

Yanukovich: I want you to hear me

3 and a half years i've been working on this question 1 on 1 with strong Russia

reporter: pro-EU protests on the streets of Kiev enter the 2nd day

the protesters are now joined by the leader of the opposition

ukranian world boxing champion Vitaliy klitchko

he called the protesters to maintain pressure on the government

after it's refusal to sign a major trade deal with eu

Oliver Stone: you go back to Kiev the next day

after the interview with merkel

and protests are on, am I right?

can you tell me about that period?

Yanukovich: in the beginning of this

I had an understanding that these are peaceful actions

and you can negotiate with peaceful protesters

and I was willing to do that

Vitaliy Zaharchenko: talking about protests of November through February

one has to account the dynamics of their development that happened beforehand

in Ukraine there are many public organizations that are being funded from abroad

a huge number of journalists getting foreign grants

narrator: Robert Perry is an investigative journalist working in Washington dc

best know for his disclosure of the iran-contra in 1980s

he's a founder of consortiumnews.com

and he's reported extensively on the crisis in Ukraine

and what stands behind it

Robert Perry: a ngo is a non-governmental organization

and many ngo's are quite legit and working for good purposes

trying to help people, solving medical and water problems

but there are some ngo's that are funded by the government services

and serve more the purpose of that government

rather than trying to serve the people that they're supposed to work with

one thing we saw in the 1980s

at that point the CIA

had been largely discredited

because of the scandals that were exposed in the 1970s

narrator: for 15 years the CIA had secretly financed

the overseas national students activities and associations

but then it came light of a big web of CIA penetrations

Robert Perry: so, when the Reagan administration came in

there was this concept that instead of having the CIA

that would traditionally go into these countries

funding their media, ngo's and different political operations

that was essentially passed to a new organization

called national endowment for democracy created in 1983

and it would do pretty much what the CIA would do

penetrate the country, support different political groups

preparing activists, journalists, business groups

and pushing the interests of USA foreign policy

sometimes against the interests of the host countrie’s government

they were also supplying an organizational and financial support

and help in trainings of activists

on their work with journalists

to be able to present their view in the best way

they worked on things like how to get popularity

how to make things viral, how to use it to get support for your ideas

narrator: and the support was granted

mустафа hаем, a founder of one of Ukraine's new media

muatafa naem: good evening or better good night

narrator: Громадське tv knew very well how to make something go viral

it was his notorious post on facebook on November 21st of 2013

that have lead the first crowd to Maidan

muatafa naem: I made this post just to check

if there are any willing people or we were just talking

narrator: if you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed

if you read the newspaper, you're misinformed

mark twain

to be heard in this modern world of media and social networks

you got to embrace them all

as the disturbing events of euroMaidan started on November 21 of 2013

3 new tv channels went on the air

and immediately gained great popularity

spilno tv found on November 21st 2013

hromadske tv found on November 22nd 2013

espresso tv found on November 24th 2013

broadcasting directly from opposition protests

these channels went viral

openly supporting protests

and encouraging more and more people to come to Maidan

Vitaliy Zaharchenko: the first mass actions began November 21st 2013

at first they were peaceful actions

a lot of different types of people were coming

young and old, some of them brought children

it was clear that they trust the government and the police also

they were walking free and there were no hints that any force will be used against them

so the law enforcement officers were doing their job of protecting the order without firearms

but among those protesters some radicals were already spotted

they were connected with far-right parties and neo-Nazi organizations

so on November 24th they did the first aggressive action

on November 24-th the first attack on government office was made

and also the first attack on the police officers that were guarding it

the second attack on the ukrainian security service officers

happened on November 25th

then the notorious events of November 30th

narrator: November 30th of 2013 became the first turning point of the Maidan

though the events of that night were widely covered in press

the truth about what exactly happened is still uncertain

Vitaliy Zaharchenko: I will tell you how I personally saw these events

I got a call from Popov

the head of the Kiev administration

he said that they would like to begin installing the equipment for the christmas tree on the square

I explained him that while people are on the square it shouldn't be done

at about 1am when people began to leave the square

I had a talk with the head of the ukrainian security service

I asked his opinion on the current situation and he said

“I suppose, thank God, it's over. we have an information that it is over.”

because since November 21st I was literally living and sleeping in my office

if I was lucky to have couple of hours a day to sleep

at about 3am I came to my home, set-up my alarm for 6:30am

first thing in the morning I turned on my tv

it was set to channel 5

and it showed a lot of ambulance cars

and a lot of injured people

reporter: armed with rubber bats

police officers were attacking the protesters

it happened early in the morning

the witnesses say that the police were indeed using the rubber bats

Vitaliy Zaharchenko: honestly it just hit me with a cold sweat

Yanukovich: my first reaction on Maidan protesters

being hurt by the police was instant

we had to investigate who ordered to disperse the protesters

to use force against them

I was against using force

against violating the human rights

Zaharchenko: there is no way Popov could make such a decision by himself

and who was the highest official for him?

the highest official for Popov was a head of the president's administration

Sergei Liovochkin

narrator: coincidentally, Sergei Liovochkin

was a close associate of many US politicians

the ukrainian security service had evidence that on that night

Лёвочкин contacted with the opposition leader Яенюк

and discussed the disperse of Maidan with installing the christmas tree as an excuse

the news media reported that the police cold-blooded attacked students peacefully sleeping in their tents

but scenes from the event seem to tell a different story

it appears that the protesters were expecting the police

there were dozens of journalists, and cameras from the new tv channels already there

but the most suspicious was a group of well trained young men that arrived practically at the same time as police

they spread in the crowd and began provoking the police with insults, stones and torches

Robert Perry: the right sector in Ukraine

represents the far-right ukrainian population

they often had their militias that were coming to Maidan

some squads were shipped into Kiev as muscle for the demonstrations

the demonstrations ran from being peaceful

to being increasingly violent

narrator: the first step in any investigation

is to to find the motive

it is now known that Sergei Liovochkin

has the highest favor among his US friends

outraged about what was reported on the news

people came out the next day

to express their disturbance by the actions of police

Stone: the violence started to take off when?

Yanukovich: unlawful actions practically began on December of 2013

the events taking place at that time in Kiev were very radical

neo-Nazi organizations took part in them

young men that were armed with different improvised weapons

such as iron bars, baseball bats and even vehicles were used

like tractors, they were using tractors to attack the police officers

that were defending the government institutions and the president's administration building

how could a president come out to talk to such an uncontrollable crowd?

whom to talk to?

the technologies used at that time, they were planned beforehand

narrator: as veiled and masked as the color revolutions may be

an attentive viewer can see a subtle pattern revealing their true nature

to make crowds act like one group you have to unite them on the subconscious level

masterminds of the color revolutions know that well and mastered this art

symbolism is one of the most powerful tools to achieve this goal

revolutionary political organizations

with surprisingly similar names and even more similar symbols

appear in those countries that are soon to be hit by revolutions

they are often described as being aware and active

but actually trained and radical

they are the ones who take the first shot, literally

to convert protests into outrage

their fingerprints can be found everywhere on the map of color revolutions

using all the experience of past generations

simple but effective tools

like chanting, do a great job

crowd: together we are strong

narrator: well know for exciting the crowd

and creating a group identity

they depersonalize the individuals

and create a group that’s easily manipulated

crowd: if you're not hopping then you're Russian

man on stage: thank you friends hail to Ukraine

crowd: hail to the heroes

Zaharchenko: of course it couldn't be done without money

so many ngo's

grants given to Ukraine

and it's not a secret

narrator: incidentally, one of such organizations

Hromadske TV received generous donations

from the dutch and US embassies

as well as the renaissance foundation founded by george soros

george soros: i've set up a foundation in Ukraine

before Ukraine even became independent from Russia

and the foundation has been functioning ever since

it played a significant role in the ukrainian events now

narrator: I like criticism

but it must be my way

mark twain

Stone: did you see any evidence that the US is involved?

did you feel the presence of the US?

Yanukovich: the US officials were often guests

there were congressmen

Victoria Nuland came very often

we were discussing with her

but after those discussions she was going to Maidan

to support the protesters and accuse the police of using force

actually we saw all of those messages on Maidan

chris murphy: we will come here, at this square

to celebrate with you and Ukraine

that stands together with the EU and US

Perry: well members of congress were visiting Ukraine

one of the most known was senator John McCain

so the high US official

the person who had run for president

was talking to the people

that were acting against their democratically elected government

saying that the US is with them

McCain: i'm senator John McCain and it's always a pleasure to be back in Ukraine

Perry: senator McCain was giving people the feeling

that they are being supported by the most powerful country on earth

McCain: this is not about the future you want for your country

this is about the future you deserve

Yanukovich: a lot of delegates were coming

I was saying that one shouldn't

first of all, say what isn't true

one shouldn't take the side of the protesters

and protect their rights and making the conflict worse with it

when the protesters capture the government institutions

tell me is it acceptable in any other country

for instance if an ambassador of Ukraine

went to see the protesters in ferguson

and give out cookies or pies and accuse the police of the US

I consider this unacceptable in any country of the EU

so why then Ukraine was treated that way?

Stone: who was your highest level contact at that time?

Yanukovich: I was constantly in contact with Mr. Biden

I had regular phone talks with him

but the thing is that Mr. Biden was saying one thing

and what was happening in Ukraine was completely another

Stone: and the US ambassador?

Yanukovich: the US ambassador in Ukraine

was constantly receiving the Maidan delegates in his embassy

we knew it very well

we were tracking this

and we had the impression that there was

a headquarters of this process inside of the US embassy

Perry: in early February of 2014

as the Maidan crisis became more violent

there was a phone call that was intercepted between

the assistant secretary of state in Europe Victoria Nuland

and the US ambassador in Ukraine geoffrey Pyatt

reporter: one should question the credibility of ukrainians

after a private chat of the top US ambassador

was leaked online

Nuland: I think yats is the guy who's got the economic experience

the governing experience

he's the… what he needs is klitsch and tyahnybok on the outside

I just think klitsch going in…

he's going to be at that level working for yatseniuk

it's just not going to work

Pyatt: yeah, no, I think that's right. ok

good, do you want us to set up a call with him as the next step?

Nuland: Sullivan's come back to me

vfr [direct to me] saying you need Biden

and I said probably tomorrow

for an atta-boy and to get the details to stick

so Biden's willing

Perry: so you had this remarkable phone call

where two high officials in the US government

are openly talking about coup

and about how they're planning to dysfunction the government of Ukraine

Nuland: fuck the EU

Pyatt: no, exactly

Perry: i'm not saying the whole US government is like this

there is a division

but for neocons it is very important to change the dynamics in the eastern Europe

they are very smart

the neocons are highly skilled in propaganda

they know well all of the push points of the american people

they had this experience when they were heating things up around central america in 1980s

reporter: the sandinista ground forces are now armed with Russian artillery

Perry: they've been applying the same strategies ever since

they were being very dedicated to achieving their goals

they still want to get rid of certain governments

they want a regime change in syria, in iran

they're very skilled at this

they have a lot of allies in the media and government

and that means they have a lot of influence on creating the narrative

Robert kagan: I think in america these days

we have somehow sold ourselves

that there are a lot of ways of dealing with this problem

other than hard power

vladimir Putin cares about hard power

Perry: the neocons are now demonizing the leader of the country

that sells to the american people

so you don't just argue the policy, you attack the leader

the neocons are very skilled at picking out leaders features

and then highlighting them

for Yanukovich you can say that he is a hulking political leader

but he was turned into a devil

he is thoroughly corrupt, evil that wants to kill people on Maidan

those innocent wonderful demonstrators

in that way we now have the villain and the victim

and then you keep repeating that basic scenario

and it works with american people

McCain: you got to realize who vladimir Putin is

he's an old kgb that wants to restore the Russian empire

perrt: you make them demons

and the american people find that this way they can understand the world

once that happens the journalists or someone else find it hard to say

'now hold on, there is no certain white hat and black hat it's all very complicated'

and if you say that you're instantly branded as an apologist of yanukivich or Putin

the one, who dared to say that

is now under attack no matter who it is - a journalist, academic or whatever

narrator: any good director will tell you

that tempo and rhythm are the main instruments

to hold an audience's attention

Zaharchenko: the technology itself

that was used in the Maidan

consisted of the necessity of the sacral victims, the sacrifice

it's a part of technology

narrator: it can also be called

a method of betrayal

when the allies are thrown into the revolutionary flame

the idea is simple

when the preparation is done

all you need is a trigger to be pulled

to set the chain on motion

the murder of politician rafik hariri

triggered the cedar revolution

looking back at the mysterious poisoning of Viktor Ushenko

right before the orange revolution in 2004

we now see that he became the sacred victim himself

most political analysts agree

that the compassion of the ukrainian people

tilted the scales towards his presidency

the number of victims among protesters during euroMaidan totalled over 100

they were called the heavenly hundred

and were immediately mythologized

the beating of students on November 30 of 2013 was an obvious trigger for euroMaidan

those who sent trained provocateurs on the square

very well realized that peaceful protesters were the ones to get hurt the most

it's hard to keep the protests going for months on end

the tension weakens, people get tired

holidays are also big danger for revolution masterminds

people want to get home to their family and friends

and one needs to be inventive to keep them in the cold tents

on December 25 of 2013 journalist tatiana Chernovol

was chosen to be a tool to fire up Maidan again

reporter: investigative journalist tatiana Chernovol

known for her investigations of corruption in ukrainian government

was found beaten near Kiev on christmas

narrator: her heroic deeds look more like small crimes

trespassing of the presidential residence

the siege of Kiev city's administration

breaking into the car of Ukraine's security service

it looked like tatiana was willing to make the news rather than reporting them

and gain the popularity that could be transformed into votes for her political party “the fatherland”

the beating of tatiana Chernovol became a real christmas gift for the media

despite the fact that in just 3 days all the suspects were arrested

and confessed that it was a road accident

the world media kept insisting on a political background for that crime

instantly tatiana became a heroic martyr

uniting people around her image

reporter: the beating of a journalist

among the political turmoil caused protests

narrator: the euroMaidan was once again a center stage

and tatiana in less than 2 months

was already healthy enough

to attack the office of “the regions party”

the political party of Viktor Yanukovich

tatiana Chernovol: this is the place

where the people that beat me came from

this is the nest of this criminal mafia government

the death squads are also being controlled from here

narrator: one of the staff

65-year old it specialist vladimir zaharov

was killed during the attack

so, where is tatiana now?

well, she finally got her position of power in the new government

one month later the time came for another act

armenian ukrainian protester Sergei Nigoyan

was one of the first to arrive on Maidan

he wasn't radical or violent

but instead was full of hope for the better future

watching Sergei read the patriotic poem

is like watching a casting for the role of the sacred victim

Sergei Nigoyan: keep fighting

you are sure to win God helps you in your fight

for fame and freedom march with you right at your side

narrator: unfortunately Sergei got the part

the video went viral after Sergei was killed

early in the morning on January 22 of 2014

the circumstances of his death remain unknown to this day

even though the whole event was constantly filmed

there were no records or witnesses to help the investigation

and his body was removed immediately from the crime scene

Sergei became the first martyr of euroMaidan

police officers were appointed as his killers

almost 2 years later the official investigation still has no results

now it's widely believed that he was killed by provocateurs to escalate the conflict

God speaks to people in the language of signs

on January 26 2014 Pope Francis prayed for Ukraine

addressing thousands of people on saint peter's square

after the prayer two white doves were released from the window

and were immediately attacked by a crow and a seagull

those who understand the symbolism

easily read this event as that soon two great powers

represented by a crow and a seagull

will be tearing apart two slavic nations - the white doves

this omen gave hope to the ukrainian people

saying that by God's will two doves will be saved

but it also predicted severe hardship and many victims

the events, that made the history of color revolutions as the most massive in human sacrifice yet

arrived right on schedule - one month later

reporter: during the last weeks

this european capital was caught in a violent uprising

today is the bloodiest day yet

the protesters are advancing towards the government region of the city

they are armed with molotov cocktails

we also saw handguns and shotguns

there are casualties from both sides

she just said that there are 6 dead people up there

not just injured, dead, shot by snipers

Zaharchenko: on February 20 the police officers were being shot at

Yanukovich: I got this information that snipers are shooting

and there are casualties from both sides

Zaharchenko: the conservatory is where the first shots were from

this place was under control of the Maidan forces

narrator: and here again we see our old friend from “narodniy ruh” andriy parubiy

who was at the peak of his glory

as a self-proclaimed Maidan commandant

which in fact means - leader of the radical opposition

Парубій: we had warned them

that Maidan may take more action

if our demands aren't fulfilled in the next days

Putin: it was to spread chaos

and certainly Yanukovich wouldn't benefit from growing chaos

reporter: here you can see protesters escorting

a line of special forces officers

it's still not clear where they are taking them

67 officers are officially declared missing

Stone: 14 officers dead, 43 wounded, right?

Zaharchenko: 20 people dead and more than 150 with gun wounds

Yanukovich: then it was clear, on February 20-21

that an armed overthrow was happening

reporter: opposition leader Vitaliy klitchko

called his followers to stay alert

each of you here should stand strong, he said

because we're not going anywhere

Yanukovich: at that same period

we were negotiating with the opposition

and very often we agreed, but

as I found out later, it was just a game

the part of the opposition that didn't take part in the negotiation

the radical one, they didn't care

and listened to no one

they were doing their job

narrator: like in 2004 during the orange revolution

the international leaders felt that it was time

to interfere and put both sides of the negotiation

Putin: three european foreign ministers came to Kiev

Putin: they took part in the meeting between president Yanukovich and the opposition

agreed on carrying out a presidential election before schedule

agreed on the ways of building relations between the president and the opposition

the ukrainian president and the leaders of the opposition have agreed on a truce

just like in 2004 the opposition or at least its radical faction

the right sector, lead by dmitriy yarosh

had no intention of fulfilling his part of the bargain

dmitriy yarosh: the achieved agreements do not comply with our expectations

the right sector will not lower the weapons

the right sector will not unblock any of the government institutions

until our main demand is fulfilled

the resignation of Viktor Yanukovich

Yanukovich: I have signed such document

but a bit later I understood that whatever document we are to sign

the overthrow scenario was planned and it was imminent

so, basically none of our actions mattered

radoslaw sikorski: if you don't sign this

you will have martial law

the army, you'll all be dead

the opposition leaders said

that they have found a way to end the bloodshed

but first they wanted to announce the conclusion of the negotiations

it was soon clear that the protesters weren't happy

Putin: so the next day Mr. Viktor Yanukovich

left to visit the second largest city in Ukraine, xарьков

as soon as he left his office it was taken using weapons

what do you call that?

Yanukovich: the thing is I flew there by helicopter

the escorting cars were going separately

but no one knew about it

so the escorting cars were going and they got under gunfire

also our intelligence had an information that there were special mercenaries

who's objective was not to capture the president, but to kill

so I asked for Mr. Putin's permission to go to Russia

the permission was granted and also I was helped

on February 24th I got on Russian territory

at the same time

Kiev was saying the last goodbye to the victims of the massacre

it was also welcoming those who came to power on the cost of their lives

Ukraine's parliament has voted for assigning

Alexander Turchinov as an acting president

he called the lawmakers to form the new government by tuesday

this event followed the dismount of president Viktor Yanukovich on saturday

Perry: and they removed Yanukovich

without following the constitutional procedure for impeachment

Yanukovich: the impeachment procedure wasn't followed

the constitutional court had to be involved

the supreme court and it wasn't done

and ¾ of the deputies had to be voting in the parliament

the parliament of Ukraine consists of 450 deputies

the constitution of Ukraine

requires at least a ¾ majority of 338 deputies vote in favor

but only 328 deputies voted yes

they didn't have the ¾ of parliament votes

the US state department immediately called the new government legit

and it was a part of the coup scenario

in this way they eliminated the possibility

to revive the agreement of February 22 that could get Viktor Yanukovich back in power

then you had eastern Ukraine resisting

crimea wanted to separate and the situation came out of control

on sunday the people are to decide whether they want to leave Ukraine and join Russia

the campaign with slogan 'together with Russia' is being carried by Moscow

the crimean referendum situation was also happening at that time

the crimean referendum was initiated by the people of crimea

it was their response to the Maidan representatives' attempts to make the same coup in crimea

it is not a secret that the population of crimea was always pro-Russia

crimean authorities, agreeing with the populace

fully supported Viktor Yanukovich's decision

to stall the signing of the 2013 trade agreement with eu

as the event in Kiev took place

crimean authorities made a declaration:

“based on the will of the crimean people who elected us

we declare that we will not give crimea to extremists and neo-Nazis

seeking to seize power in Ukraine

at the cost of the blood of the country and its citizens”

after the regime change in Kiev

rumors began spreading in crimea

that new authorities will be ruthless to the ones who oppose them

dmitriy yarosh: hail to Ukraine

crowd: hail to the heroes

this lead to the pro-Russia demonstrations

of the people that aren't in agreement with the new government in Kiev

on February 27 the government institution in the capital of crimea

was seized by pro-Russia protesters

the crimean government was dismissed

and the new leader cергей aксёнов

was assigned as the leader of the crimean autonomous republic

they certainly were hoping and asking the Russian government for protection

on March 16 the crimean referendum was held

and the people voted for leaving Ukraine

and entering the Russian federation

the situation in crimea has been presented as Russian invasion

and again, nobody takes it seriously

look at the poll numbers

some of them were done by the US agencies themselves

showing that people of crimea want to join Russia

but in the US news media it's all been presented as

Russian invading and faking this vote

where people were voting literally at gun point

and that's how they got 96% of the votes for joining Russia

the idea of referendum in crimea is quite simply unconstitutional

there are questions whether this vote was really free and fair

especially considering the military presence of Russia in crimea now

so that's how it's shown to the american people

the reality is very different

the atmosphere here is certainly remarkable

thousands of people gathered in the capital of crimea

this is happening after last sunday

when the referendum was held where the majority voted for reuniting with Russia

crowd: Russia, Russia

i'd like to ask you

what is democracy?

democracy is a policy based on the will of the people

how do you know the will of the people?

in the modern world it's done by voting

over 90% of people came and over 90% of those people voted for joining Russia

the will of the people has to be respected

don't bend international law and democracy principles

according to your current geopolitical interests every time

we had no combats there, no shooting, no one was killed

what is described by the west as Russian invasion in crimea

is in fact a presence of Russian soldiers

can you clarify that?

Russian soldiers in crimea, as it is known

were there for ages, because the black sea naval base was in crimea

as long as 1804 the cевастополь naval base

became the main naval base of the Russian empire on the black sea

during the 2nd world war heroic defense of cевастополь lasted almost a year

and took hundreds of thousands of lives

therefore the naval base in crimea

has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian black sea fleet

as well as being of huge strategic importance

in 1962 during the ongoing arms race

the USSR began sending rockets to Cuba

those of us alive at that time remember

how frightened and angry we were by that fact

and how it nearly grew into a nuclear conflict

because the weapon of such power was based that close to the US

if the US considers Cuba to be its backyard

then crimea is merely at Russia's doorstep

what are the consequences of the US or NATO capturing that naval base?

very dramatic

because base itself means nothing

but there is one thing i'd like to focus on

why do you think we are reacting on growth of NATO so much

we're worried by its decision making practice

I know how it's done

when countries become a NATO member

it's very hard for them to resist the pressure from such a large country

which is the leader of NATO, the USA

and than anything can appear there very easily

missile defense systems, new bases, new offensive systems, if needed

and what should we do?

we're forced to counteract

meaning putting those objects that are threatening us on the aim of our missile systems

the situation is stressful

Sergei Lavrov: if we're being attacked we will definitely respond

you know, it seems to me that

I don't always understand the logic of our partners

sometimes I have the impression that

they need to set better discipline

set things straight in their atlantic enclave

and it requires an enemy

iran does not fit this part at all

I am concerned about the expansion of NATO

it has expanded by 13 countries up to the borders of Russia

13 countries

this is a very dangerous topic

we are talking about war

war between Russia and the US

it's sheer madness

in early spring of 2014

eastern Ukraine had also risen

against the new ukrainian government

this region's population

both culturally and geographically close to Russia

feared that the newly formed ultra-right government

would cause the growth of nationalism

and they had reasons to worry

the status of the Russian language in Ukraine was one of the key questions for years

declaring the Russian language as the second official

was one of the key points of Viktor Yanukovich's presidential campaign

in 2012 Yanukovich's government passed a law

that declared Russian the second official language in those regions

where more than 10% of the population consider it as their native

mostly on the east and south of Ukraine

the ukrainian nationalists initiated massive protests opposing the law

and an attentive observer can see here a few familiar faces

oleg tyagnibok: we have shown that those bastards

those gangs can be defeated

on February 23rd of 2014

the very next day after the regime change

the new government voted to denote the official status of the Russian language

and even though later acting president Alexander Turchinov vetoed this act, it still sent a message

this alarmed the Russian-speaking regions

and they went on the streets to protest

in response the Maidan supporters carried out their own demonstrations

when the two parties met the tension was growing

and it lead to tragedy

one person died and about 50 were injured

in clashes during the pro-Russian march to protest against the new Kiev government

on April 6 the crimean scenario began repeating in eastern Ukraine

the protesters seized the government institutions and the next day

April 7 they proclaimed the people's republic of donetsk

Kiev replied by announcing an anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine

by that time the international media was screaming about a Russian invasion in Ukraine

Russia could be on the verge of invading Ukraine

but disregarding such strong words in the media

the ukrainian authorities never declared a war state

why?

IMF cannot give money to countries engaged in ongoing war

Zaharchenko: you know, in big politics

whatever they're talking about

they are talking about money

too much money was already invested in Ukraine to stop half way

Victoria Nuland: we've invested over 5 billion dollars

to assist Ukraine in its course to assure secure, prosperous and democratic Ukraine

on developing what kind of democracy was this money spent?

installing a democratic regime, as they were calling it

I guess they meant the kind of regime that is now happening in Donbass

obviously the funding was continued

and the conflict had to keep going

getting more and more deadly

as parties on both sides were using more and more lethal weapons

Mr. Turchinov, who practically started a war

is responsible for it, he started a war on his own people

he sent troops to Donbass

they did what I didn't do, they started the bloodshed

the world seemed too busy with greeting the new democracy in Kiev

to notice what was being done as it was spreading its wings over the country

many in southern Ukraine were watching the revolution with concern

and an anti-Maidan movement was formed in Odessa in January of 2014

the protesters set up camp in front of the trade union house

a building that would soon become a monument of a massacre itself

it is difficult to overestimate the importance of Odessa

it is strategically located on the black sea

and is the largest sea port of Ukraine

it's not surprising that Ukraine's new authorities

were watching this situation unfold with growing concern

more and more protesters were joining the anti-Maidan

while the situation in the east was heating up

the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to go to war on two fronts

if Odessa were to join the uprising

it would seriously complicate the situation

this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately and by any cost

and that cost was high

on May 2nd 2014 soccer fans flocked to the center of the city

the excuse was a ukrainian soccer championship match

surprisingly a number of those fans that came to Odessa just before the match

also turned out to be fighters for Maidan's self-defense militia

along with members of radical organizations from all parts of Ukraine

crowd: hail to the nation, death to the enemies, Ukraine, above everything, Ukraine, above everything

these fans wore masks

armed and shouting nationalistic slogans

began a disturbance in the city

marched to the anti-Maidan tents

and attacked them

the anti-Maidan protesters sought shelter in the trade union house

but it was a trap

Maidan supporters started throwing molotov cocktails to the building

until it caught on fire

people burnt inside or

trying to escape

jumped through the windows

although the fire station was less than a mile away

it took almost half an hour for them to arrive

and by then the damage had been done

but here is an interesting fact

just a few days before the tragedy

a messenger from Maidan

andriy parubiy made a visit to Odessa

interesting coincidence that

some of those he was meeting with

were seen as active participants on that fateful day

but not everyone was mourning

on the popular political talk-show shuster live

the news about the people burnt alive in Odessa

was welcomed with a long round of applause

oleg liashko: among the dead in Odessa

were 15 Russian citizens

10 were from transdnestria republic

and no one from Odessa

on its facebook page

the right sector announced the events of May 2nd

as a proud moment of national history

an official investigation is going on now for nearly two years

and still has no conclusion

but it seems that experts had all the information needed from the beginning

andriy parubiy: of course the provocation was started

by Putin's agents that attacked the ukrainian demonstration

the great importance of Odessa

can be seen in the fact that on May 30 2015

it was honored with a very special new governor

an old friend of the US

born and raised in Ukraine's neighboring country

Georgia

a quick look at his biography

gives one understanding that he was prepared for a special mission

Michael Saakashvili: i'm a peaceful protester

take your hands off me

Mister Saakashvili was receiving a US state department scholarship

and later worked at the new york organization “Kmara”

a group we heard about in color revolutions history

Saakashvili: what we have here is democratic bloodless revolution

this is the revolution of roses

and this is Michael Saakashvili with “kmara”

overthrowing the legitimately elected president edward schewarnadze

Saakashvili: changing the government by peaceful methods

is the european way

i'm proud of it

soon after the rose revolution blossomed fully

Georgia announced its intentions to join NATO

and to build a NATO military base

on fertile Georgian land

right on the border of Russia

Saakashvili: we will never give our freedom and independence

we will never give a piece of our territory

Saakashvili's mission was accomplished

at least to his friends and NATO

the Georgian populace wasn't quite as happy

in 2007 they took it to the streets

and Mr. Saakashvili responded with force

the people's discontent was growing

Saakashvili's party lost parliamentary elections

and the opposition took control

he said that according to the constitution

the new parliament's majority

has to form a new government with him as a president

Michael decided not to wait

the results of the new presidential elections

and fled the country on October 2013

in 2014 Saakashvili refused the summon to appear in court

as a witness in some criminal cases

later that same year he was accused of abuse of power and embezzlement

Saakashvili wound up in the US

and soon his friends in Washington found him a new assignment

Michael actively supported the Maidan

and very soon was rewarded with a high position

in the new ukrainian government

first as a the president's counselor

and then as the governor of Odessa

the day before taking this position

he renounced his citizenship in Georgia

and became a ukrainian citizen

Saakashvili: I will always be a proud citizen

of my proud homeland

as they say the battle is worth the blood

both literally and figuratively

hино Бурджанадзе: I know well the true price of Mr. Saakashvilli's reforms

he is actually a part of the ongoing in Ukraine project

that is being carried out by certain forces

Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to Ukraine

had visited Saakashvili just a month

after he took his position in Odessa

geoffrey Pyatt: as long as the Odessa administration delivers results

you're going to see a steady flow

of Washington visitors coming here

the meeting was productive

and geoffrey was generous

no matter how well Saakashvili did his job

it seemed like he needn't worry about his finances

on his facebook page he posted an official document

showing the new governor of Odessa gets salary of almost 200 thousand dollars a year

for comparison, the governor of maine gets 70 thousand dollars a year

so if Odessa became a US state

he would be at the top of the list

Mr. Saakashvili must have felt good in his new home

since he is an old fellow from the orange revolution of Viktor Ushenko

who is the godfather of his son

ex-president of Georgia Michael Saakashvili

was assigned the governor of Odessa

it is literally a spit

an insult to the people of Odessa

to all the ukrainian people

he wasn't even granted a US working visa

in the universities where they tried to put him to work

they didn't want him

but he was considered worthy

of being the governor of Odessa

are there no honest

professional, able Ukrainians to do that job?

a war, once launched

doesn't choose its victims

we are just learning at this hour

that Malaysia Airlines

has lost contact with one of its planes

the plane was indeed shot down by a missile

while flying over Ukraine near the Russian border

298 people were on board

no survivors found

Perry: it was a murder, a crime

and this odd carelessness about the investigation

there was a report, a very limited report

two months after the event

and it was said that the next report

would be on the anniversary of the event

if you're dealing with a criminal investigation

you need to work while the traces are still warm

and one should wonder

about the media's disinterest in this investigation

but even without answers

fingers were pointed immediately

that's not an accident

that is happening because of Russia's support

evidence indicates that the plain was shot down by a missile

that was launched from the territory

controlled by the Russia-backed separatists inside of Ukraine

without a doubt

the country in which territory it happened

is responsible for this horrible tragedy

the malaysian boeing wasn't the first plane

to play a big part in Russian-american relations

on September 1st 1983

korean airlines flight 007 new york - seoul

was shot down by a soviet interceptor aircraft over territory of USSR in the sea of Japan

Reagan: there is absolutely no justification

either legal or moral for what the soviets did

the tragedy of the korean boeing

was considered a perfect excuse

to demonstrate the NATO military power

within dangerous proximity to USSR borders

on November 2nd 1983

NATO launched massive drills

working on the scenario of response

to an escalation causing nuclear war

followed by placing a Pershing-2 ballistic missile in Europe

what Reagan did

could cause a paranoic overreaction of the soviets

and start war

a recently declassified US intelligence report shows that

for the first time since the Cuban missile crisis

the world got close to nuclear war

just like in 1983

the catastrophe with the malaysian aircraft

is leverage to push the enemy

a new wave of sanctions fell upon Russia immediately after that

the US is declaring new sanctions against Russian economy

almost a year and 3 months later

the dutch safety council published the report

man on a stage: ladies and gentlemen

the MH17 crash was caused

by the explosion of a 9H314M missile

launched from an air defense missile system

that exploded outside of the aircraft's cockpit

the report didn't blame any specific group or person

it estimated a very wide area of 300 square kilometers

as the zone where the missile was fired

at the same time

the Russian missile systems manufacturing company “aлмаз-aнтей”

conducted its own investigation

Ian Novikov: the results of our experiment

completely disprove the conclusions

of the dutch commission about the missile type

and the launch place

during the experiment

they blew up an entire airliner cockpit with a missile

and came to the conclusion

that the malaysian plane was shot down

by an old 9M38M1 missile

not used any more by Russia

but still used by Ukraine

the company claims that the missile was launched

from the territory controlled by the ukrainian military

one would expect that these controversial results

would cause the rise of interest on this incident

but the malaysian boeing tragedy

had already fulfilled its geopolitical role

and so was soon forgotten

the goal was achieved

after the third wave of sanctions against Russia

the tension between the two countries skyrocketed

and the question now becomes

are we truly witnessing cold war II

and if so what are the chances of surviving it

in 1947 the bulletin of atomic scientists

launched the doomsday clock project

it represents the time-line to the annihilation of life

in 1953 at the peak of the cold war

it was closest to midnight

as the superpowers were creating massive nuclear arsenals

this is the story of ever expanding nuclear weapons

as the world began to grasp the insane danger of nuclear warfare

and took measures to control the arms race

the situation was constantly getting better

in 1991 the clock was its furthest ever

17 minutes to midnight

that time of hope was short-lived

as the world was becoming more and more unstable

in 2015 the bulletin of atomic scientists moved the clock

to 3 minutes to midnight

today uncertain climate change

the modernization of nuclear weapons

and huge arsenals

present undeniable threat

to the existence of humanity

the US and Russia

launched massive nuclear weapons upgrade programs

which violates the existing agreements on reduction of nuclear potential

the clock is now just 3 minutes to midnight

because international leaders are failing to perform their most important duty

ensuring and preserving the health and vitality of human civilization

Perry: the role of an american journalist

is to inform the american people the best you can

in what you were able to find out

and to not be afraid of any kind of attacks that come with that

Nuland: the vast majority

of those who participated in Maidan

were peaceful protesters

uhh if you had a chance to see the pictures

many of us participated

I was there

there were mothers, grandmothers, veterans

congressman: before you proceed

i'd like to ask you

were there neo Nazi groups involved?

Nuland: there were, as I said

almost every color of ukrainian represented there

including not the best of them

congressman: so the answer is yes

Perry: and that's the patriotic role of a democratic journalist

is to give the public as much information as possible

so they can operate their role of responsible citizen

and to control the government

or at least to be aware of what is happening

we truly believe that there is only one way

to protect yourself from this game of manipulation

awareness

knowledge is power

the ability to recognize the red flags

and save your country from being dragged in all this chaos and mayhem

this relates to each and everyone of us

because war today does not only come with tanks and bombs

it comes with the manipulative mass media

the journalism that lies

and hides and twists facts

that are more focused on making the news

rather than on reporting them

Zaharchenko: I want to believe that

there will be peace in Ukraine

there will be law and order

there will be democracy

I wish the best for Ukraine

Yanukovich: I pray to God that the people in Ukraine reunite

for all the hate that now exists to disappear

I wish that there will be peace in Ukraine

we understand that the world has changed

you can't keep everything frozen in a state of cold war

you need to look to the future

many times in our film

we have shown the spiral of history

while we often repeat our mistakes

it also always gives us another chance

and hope