Francis Tuschek
Attempts by EU elites to diminish the significance of the USSRโs contribution to the victory over Nazism are a โperversion of history,โ Oscar-winning American movie director Oliver Stone has told RT ahead of World War II Victory Day celebrations in Russia.
The blocโs โelitist leadershipโ has distorted the message that World War II provides to humanity, the filmmaker has said. โIโm shocked by it, by [what] is happening,โ he stated, calling it โa shameโ and โa disgrace that we forgot or pretend to [have forgotten]โ about the sacrifices the Soviet Union made during the war. Stone also said he did not believe people in Europe โbuy this at all.โ
โI think the people donโt agree with the government,โ Stone maintained, going on to say that โthe futility of this campaign against Russia by the EUโ is obvious to โanybody, who reads history [books] and is intelligent.โ The director of โPlatoonโ and โJFKโ expressed his doubts that โfascism is popularโ nowadays and stated instead that European elites had lost their way because of their โworship of the EU.โ
โWe are not back to the times of Hitler, but what is happening is a loss of perspective and we need to get back to a sense of reason,โ Stone told RT as he called on Western leaders to โlisten to the Russiansโ instead of antagonizing them.
He also expressed his hope that the US and Russia would manage to mend their relationship, opening the way to a better future for humanity. โRussia and the United States are a great partnership, as is China, by the way, and I think we could have a world that is much saferโฆ if we all get together and realize that itโs a multilateral world.โ
US President Donald Trumpโs administration has been engaged in efforts to restore bilateral ties with Russia and resolve the Ukraine conflict.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that America now has a โbetterโ understanding of the Russian position on the crisis. Moscowโs key conditions for ending the conflict are Ukraineโs neutrality, demilitarization, and recognition of the new territorial reality on the ground.
Last week, Trump also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was easier to deal with than Ukraineโs Vladimir Zelensky.
Russian officials maintain they have always been ready to engage in peace talks, provided the discussions aim for a permanent solution that addresses the root causes of the conflict. Moscow has rejected any temporary agreement, explaining that it could be used by Kiev and its backers to rearm the Ukrainian military.
