Ukraine: Masks of the Revolution

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Ukraine: Masks of the Revolution (2016)

Directed by Paul Moreira

Documentary · 52m

In February 2014, paramilitary groups fought against the police in the streets of Kyev and ousted President Yanukovych. They settled a new government. According to western media, they were the revolution heroes. But they are actually heavily armed extreme-right militias. The Right Sector, Azov or Svoboda created parallel irregular forces that easily go out of control. In Odessa, in May 2014, they were responsible for burning 45 people to death without facing any charges. How come western democracies haven’t raised their voice in protest? Most likely because these Ukrainian nationalist militias actually played a significant role in a much larger scale war. The Ukrainian revolution was strongly supported by the US diplomacy. In the new cold war that opposes Russia to the USA, Ukraine is a decisive pawn. A tactical pawn to contain Putin’s ambitions. “Ukraine, masks of the revolution” by Paul Moreira sheds light on this blind corner.

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Cast

S
Stéphane Haumant
P
Paul Moreira
A
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
I
Igor Mosiychuk
D
Dmitri Iaroch
A
Andrei Biletsy
F
Fatima Papoura
M
Mark Gordienko
V
Vitaliy Uslimenko
A
Alexei Albou
A
Alexandre Maevskii
O
Oleg Tyagnibok

Crew

Director
Paul Moreira
Original Music Composer
Carlos Leiria
Editor
Tal Zana
Producer
Luc Hermann

Details

Original title
Украйна: Маските на революцията
Release date
2016-01-21
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French, Ukrainian, Russian
Countries
France
Production
Canal+, Java Films, Première Ligne