Borys Petrunyok

Russian propagandist Anton Krasovsky of Russia.Today urged “to drown Ukrainian children”. Even his Russian colleagues publicly condemned him. However, Russian occupants implement this inhuman approach in practice by conducting deportation of Ukrainian children behind the smokescreen of “school holidays” and “evacuation”.

Cultural dimension of Russian aggression is gradually gaining thorough analysis. Usual focus is put on discrepancy between Kremlin perceptions of reality and reality itself. Russian propaganda approaches towards Ukraine predetermined any Russian “public debates” about war perspectives. Russian propaganda “poisoned” its fathers. 

То, что у россиян специфическое понимание феномена волонтерства в гуманитарной сфере, для нас не новость. С 2014 года мы помним колонны белых КамАЗов с триколорами, за «гуманитарными рейсами» которых удивительно следовали обострения на линии фронта. «Гуманитарная помощь» окровавленному Донбассу, страдавшему от обстрелов фантомных нацистов, продолжалась все эти восемь лет. В какой-то момент гуманитарка перестала интересовать подмосковного обывателя, поэтому в российских телевизорах о ней говорили обыденно, без спасительного пафоса. После открытого вторжения армии рф в Украину в феврале 2022 года вдохновенные российские «волонтеры» снова начали лезть на захваченные украинские территории. Перечислить всех этих «благотворителей» достаточно сложно, однако описания типичного представителя вида будет достаточно для базового понимания всего русского «волонтерства».

From the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014 onwards, the Russian military aggression against Ukraine has been accompanied by cultural \ ideological aggression. Russian TV, church, Russian school manuals and «military patriotic education» intervened into occupied Crimea and Donbas after the Russian army. The full scale war launched by the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022 follows this path. 

The will of the Russian oligarchs to own vineyards in Crimea and produce wines under their own trademarks was first implemented even before the occupation of Crimea by Russia. Vagit Alekperov, the owner of “Lukoil”, became the first owner of Crimean vineyards and Crimean wine producer. Ukrainian companies controlled by him leased lands of the state enterprise “Gurzuf”. Andrei Kostin, the head of “Vneshekonombank”, has been the second. He took lands in Bakhchysarai raion. 

The occupation of Crimea opened many opportunities for Russian oligarchs and top-officials to buy agricultural lands and expropriated vineyards and wine production factories. Almost all close friends of Putin, former members of “Ozero” cooperative, participated in stealing “Novy Svet”, “Koktebel” and “Massandra”, the most precious Crimean pearl. It is also worth recalling those marauders who were the first to take precious “Massandra” lands immediately after occupation. It is remarkable that citizens of EU countries help new “owners” to launch their vineyards and factories. It is clear that they violate Western sanctions and the Ukrainian legislation.