Crimea

Crimea

I'm currently watching this, and finding myself drawn into this story. There is much more to it than I had ever imagined. If you do not feel drawn to watch this now, it may be one to hold in your back pocket for later viewing.

https://vimeo.com/123194285 (WITH English subtitles)
Russian version is here.

In her article, "Better than a thriller! Documentary: CRIMEA. WAY BACK HOME", Lada writes,

"The film includes an eye-opening reconstruction of the events on Kiev maidan and how the participants of the Kiev anti-maidan from Crimea, who came to express their viewpoint, were brutally hunted down and eliminated (very little known and remembered violent suppression of an alternative point of view by the Ukrainian beacon of Western democracy).

"Events leading up to Crimea's vote for independence, including attempts by well-trained thugs from Kiev maidan and groups of radical local Tatars to take over Crimea, how unarmed people rose against armed Ukrainian SBU and army, the appearance of the "little green men" and their role, how Ukrainian army switched to the Russian side;

"...to top it all off, operation 'Yanukovich' – how Ukraine president had 30 minutes to live and how he was whisked away. The whole movie is punctuated with candid and super-revealing interviews with Vladimir Putin, who tells the truth as it is about his personal role and personal control over the Crimea events (incidentally, as I predicted from the start)."