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WW2 films now unbearable for some Russians opposed to the war
Original: I used to like watch movies about ww2 in my childhood. Now I cant watch any of them at all. Because it immediately remin
A Russian commentator says films about the Second World War, once a childhood pleasure, have become impossible for him to watch because they now evoke comparisons between Putin's Russia and Nazi Germany. He also criticises Putin's fondness for the philosopher Ivan Ilyin, an admirer of Hitler. The reflection reflects a broader debate over how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has inverted the country's wartime memory politics.
Why now: Ongoing war in Ukraine keeps prompting Russians to revisit and reject state-framed World War Two memory.
RussiaVladimir PutinIvan IlyinUkraine
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- I used to like watch movies about ww2 in my childhood. Now I cant watch any of them at all. Because it immediately reminds me, that my country - Putin`s Russia is basically a new modern Nazi Germany. And Putin`s favorite philosopher is Ivan Ilin, biggest Hitler`s fan boy from… · samondorlain3@fairmove.net · 3
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