Russia’s Pyervy Kanal [Channel 1] marked the anniversary of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity [Euromaidan] on 21 November with a program aimed at proving that Euromaidan had brought only hardship and suffering to Ukraine and that Kyiv is trying to attribute its problems to “Russia’s mythical aggression”. The message, format and manipulative methods used were all quite standard, only this time there was a bleep. The channel’s ‘disillusioned and shivering former Maidan activist’, finding warmth only from hugging his cat, was exposed as a perfectly comfortable Belarusian from Minsk.
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EuroMaidan Revolution supporters use flash lights on their phones during the New Year's Eve celebration on Maidan Nezalezhnosti on Dec. 31, 2013. Less than two months later, President Viktor Yanukovych fled power.
