Ukraine on Fire Page #6

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

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