Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered his government to show “documentaries” about the offensive by Russian troops in Ukraine before its year-end in February.
Putin asked the Ministry of Culture “to present proposals to guarantee the exhibition of national documentaries in cinema networks on themes related to the special military operation and the fight against the spread of neo-Nazi and neo-fascist ideologies”according to a post on the Kremlin’s website.
Russia justifies its offensive in Ukraine with a desire to “denazify” the country by accusing Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky and the Kiev authorities of colluding with ultra-nationalist movements.
On the other hand, Moscow presents its offensive as a conflict with the West, due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine by Western countries.
The decision comes after several setbacks by the Russian army in Ukraine, which in recent months had to leave Kharkiv province, in the northeast, and the city of Kherson, in the south.
The Russian army was forced to acknowledge an attack on its troops in the eastern Ukraine town of Makiivka on Monday that killed at least 63 people.
Russia has already passed numerous laws to control speech around what it calls a “special military operation”.
The law severely punishes those who spread what Russian justice considers “lies” about the armed forces.
Source: DN
