Propaganda Battle Over Ukraine
90 mins
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.
Svitlana Matviyenko
Self - Interviewee & Analyst
Greg Yudin
Self - Interviewee & Analyst
Mychajlo Podoljak
Self - Interviewee
Tatyana Ulyanova
Self - Interviewee
Ksenia Klochkova
Self - Interviewee
Viktor Onoshko
Self - Interviewee
Ksenia Onoshko
Self - Interviewee
Miroslav Velgan
Self - Interviewee
Dimitrij Mahajev
Self - Interviewee
Maria Avdeeva
Self - Political Scientist, Kharkiv (archive footage)
Dmitriy Polyanskiy
Self - Deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN (archive footage)
Michaela Stasch
Editor
Stefan Pannen
Producer
Konstantin Ulianov
Director of Photography
Anton Yaremchuk
Director of Photography
Björn Düseler
Director of Photography
Peter Klum
Editor
Saskia Geisler
Director
Saskia Geisler
Writer
Oleksyj Diachenko
Sound
Bony Stoev
Sound Designer
Moritz Hirth
Sound
Julia Klüssendorf
Commissioning Editor
Jutta Krug
Commissioning Editor
Kristian Kähler
Writer
Iris Ehlbert-Gehlert
Production Manager
Cornelius Rapp
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kristian Kähler
Director
Hanne Kehrwald
Commissioning Editor
Dirk Heth
Director of Photography