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From Brother to Other

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Donetsk Is Jerusalem

Russia's parallel world has been built over many years, by playing on the nation's memories and fears. You cannot be turned into zombie if you don't want to be zombie. People are choosing to believe in this truth. In spring of 2014 Russia seized government buildings across Eastern Ukraine - including Donetsk where I was filming. It's a mainly Russian-speaking city, and perhaps more than anywhere else, the place around which the Kremlin's alternative truth has been built.

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