Propaganda Battle Over Ukraine

Overview

The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is not only waged with bombs, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, but also in the media. It is a "propaganda battle" internally and externally. Russia spreads targeted disinformation in order to systematically devalue news. At the same time, their own population should be convinced that they want to liberate Ukraine from Nazis. Ukraine's narrative wants to emotionally mobilize its own population and strengthen resistance to the aggressor. Spindoctors are of particular importance in the propaganda battle over Ukraine. On the Ukrainian side, it's often influencers like Oleksiy Arestovych. On the Russian side, Vladimir Solovyov, Putin's snout, is supposed to sell the war to his own people with his daily TV talks. The documentary shows the new front lines of virtual warfare and provides insights into the populists' bag of tricks on social networks.

Directed by Saskia Geisler, Kristian Kähler

Top cast

Katja Riemann

Self - Narrator (voice)

Oleksii Arestovych

Self - Advisor to the President of the Ukraine (archive footage)

Vladimir Solovyov

Self - TV Presenter, Russia (archive footage)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Self - President of the Ukraine (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self - President of the Russian Federation (archive footage)

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Svitlana Matviyenko

Self - Interviewee & Analyst

Samira El Ouassil

Self - Interviewee & Analyst

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Greg Yudin

Self - Interviewee & Analyst

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Mychajlo Podoljak

Self - Interviewee

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Tatyana Ulyanova

Self - Interviewee

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Ksenia Klochkova

Self - Interviewee

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Viktor Onoshko

Self - Interviewee

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Ksenia Onoshko

Self - Interviewee

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Miroslav Velgan

Self - Interviewee

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Dimitrij Mahajev

Self - Interviewee

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Maria Avdeeva

Self - Political Scientist, Kharkiv (archive footage)

Vasily Nebenzya

Self - Russian Ambassador to the UN (archive footage)

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Dmitriy Polyanskiy

Self - Deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN (archive footage)

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