6) [01:11] Two males speaking in Russian are presenting Nazi salute for the camera while a picture of the Russian State Duma is added into the background by montage. The narrator says: “Nazi salute in the parliament of Russia.” This gives an impression that there would be plenty of Nazis in the Russian parliament and that the Nazi salute would be used there, or that Nazi ideas would be popular in the Russian parliament. Right after this, a video with an alleged beheading and an execution in a forest is shown. In the video, the other victim says in Russian before his execution: “Russian national socialists have arrested us” and the executioner says in Russian “Glory to Russia”. In this way, racist murders are connected with the alleged Nazi-sympathies of Russians and the Russian parliament. The film gives the impression that Russians are blood-thirsty Nazis and that their political institutions support such ideas.
7) [01:14] A person interviewed in the film says that the forefathers of Russians are brutal criminals and that modern Russians deny this. A direct quotation from the interview goes: “Nobody wants to admit that [Russians’] forefathers are brutal criminals.”
8) [01:19] The narrator says that Russians in general deny the Holocaust and that this is a norm, that Russians consider murderers as heroes and give them decorations, and that Russians are thought, that mass murderers are heroes. In addition the narrator says, that Russians still repeat the crimes they adore, i.e. are still practising genocide. A direct quotation: “Turning human tragedy into a farce has become a norm in Russia. Ridiculing the Ukrainian famine or the Jewish Holocaust is the norm. – – The killers become heroes, mass murderers are decorated veterans. People are taught the crimes these people committed against humanity are heroic deeds. It is no surprise that these crimes are replicated.”
It is clear that the aim of the film titled “The Soviet Story” is to incite ethnic hatred towards Russians by presenting them as immoral mass murderers or worshippers of mass murder and mass murderers.
After the screening of the film, during the event in question on August 23th 2009, the incitement to ethnic hatred was continued in the following way:
B. Statements inciting ethnic hatred presented by Mr. Mart Laar and reported by Mr. Evgeny Krishtafovich in his blog “The Blog of Evgeniy Krishtafovich” http://krishtafovitsh.lifejournal.com/198900.html) on August 23th 2009 at 11:18 pm titled “About occupiers and scoundrels”
After the film, Mr. Mart Laar gave a public speech to the audience, the intention of which was to prolong incitement of ethnic hatred towards Russians. In his speech, according to the report written by Mr. Evgeny Krishtafovich in his blog the same day, Mr. Laar called Russians with derogatory terms “scoundrel”, “bastard” and “occupier”, who should be “ashamed” of themselves, if they do not admit the contents of the film to be true. These words were used by Mr. Laar when replying to the commentary by Mr. Maksim Reva, who said the film is insulting Russians.
Knowing that Mr. Reva is known to be a Russian and also an activist protecting the cultural and political rights of Russians in Estonia, it is clear, that the words “scoundrel”, “bastards” and “occupier”, said by Mr. Laar, were targeted at Russians in Estonia in general, since obviously Mr. Reva and most or all Russians in Estonia would not agree with the extremely insulting contents of the film.
Later, at 11:10 pm, Mr. Krishtafovich wrote a report about the seminar to his blog and titled it as “About scoundrels and occupiers”, showing below the title a large image of Maksim Reva. This communicates the idea that according to Mr. Krishtafovich, Mr. Reva, a well-known activist protecting Russians’ rights in Estonia, would be representing “scoundrels” or “occupiers”. Since Mr. Krishtafovich was using plural form, his writings refer to all Russians.
In addition, Mr. Krishtafovich claimed the paper including the list of participants was stolen from him after the event, and he hinted to Mr. Reva as the perpetrator of the crime. In addition, Mr. Krishtafovich wrote, that the list is probably already at the Russian embassy.
7) [01:14] A person interviewed in the film says that the forefathers of Russians are brutal criminals and that modern Russians deny this. A direct quotation from the interview goes: “Nobody wants to admit that [Russians’] forefathers are brutal criminals.”
8) [01:19] The narrator says that Russians in general deny the Holocaust and that this is a norm, that Russians consider murderers as heroes and give them decorations, and that Russians are thought, that mass murderers are heroes. In addition the narrator says, that Russians still repeat the crimes they adore, i.e. are still practising genocide. A direct quotation: “Turning human tragedy into a farce has become a norm in Russia. Ridiculing the Ukrainian famine or the Jewish Holocaust is the norm. – – The killers become heroes, mass murderers are decorated veterans. People are taught the crimes these people committed against humanity are heroic deeds. It is no surprise that these crimes are replicated.”
It is clear that the aim of the film titled “The Soviet Story” is to incite ethnic hatred towards Russians by presenting them as immoral mass murderers or worshippers of mass murder and mass murderers.
After the screening of the film, during the event in question on August 23th 2009, the incitement to ethnic hatred was continued in the following way:
B. Statements inciting ethnic hatred presented by Mr. Mart Laar and reported by Mr. Evgeny Krishtafovich in his blog “The Blog of Evgeniy Krishtafovich” http://krishtafovitsh.lifejournal.com/198900.html) on August 23th 2009 at 11:18 pm titled “About occupiers and scoundrels”
After the film, Mr. Mart Laar gave a public speech to the audience, the intention of which was to prolong incitement of ethnic hatred towards Russians. In his speech, according to the report written by Mr. Evgeny Krishtafovich in his blog the same day, Mr. Laar called Russians with derogatory terms “scoundrel”, “bastard” and “occupier”, who should be “ashamed” of themselves, if they do not admit the contents of the film to be true. These words were used by Mr. Laar when replying to the commentary by Mr. Maksim Reva, who said the film is insulting Russians.
Knowing that Mr. Reva is known to be a Russian and also an activist protecting the cultural and political rights of Russians in Estonia, it is clear, that the words “scoundrel”, “bastards” and “occupier”, said by Mr. Laar, were targeted at Russians in Estonia in general, since obviously Mr. Reva and most or all Russians in Estonia would not agree with the extremely insulting contents of the film.
Later, at 11:10 pm, Mr. Krishtafovich wrote a report about the seminar to his blog and titled it as “About scoundrels and occupiers”, showing below the title a large image of Maksim Reva. This communicates the idea that according to Mr. Krishtafovich, Mr. Reva, a well-known activist protecting Russians’ rights in Estonia, would be representing “scoundrels” or “occupiers”. Since Mr. Krishtafovich was using plural form, his writings refer to all Russians.
In addition, Mr. Krishtafovich claimed the paper including the list of participants was stolen from him after the event, and he hinted to Mr. Reva as the perpetrator of the crime. In addition, Mr. Krishtafovich wrote, that the list is probably already at the Russian embassy.
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