Автор «Русских на войне» Анастасия Трофимова: «Это не животные» // «Скажи Гордеевой»

Support our channel: https://katerinagordeeva.com/#help Tickets for the unique stand-up show "Much Personal" https://katerinagordeeva.com/#stand-up Collaboration: [email protected] THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT KATERINA VLADIMIROVNA GORDEEVA OR RELATES TO THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT KATERINA VLADIMIROVNA GORDEEVA. BY WATCHING THIS VIDEO, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE OF LEGAL AGE. IF NOT, DO NOT WATCH IT. For seven months in 2023, Anastasia Trofimova was at war—first in a rear unit, then on the frontlines of heavy fighting. In 2024, she made the film "Russians at War", effectively becoming the first independent Russian-speaking journalist to film the war since 2022. Trofimova’s film was shown at the Venice Film Festival, sparking a storm of criticism that ultimately led to the cancellation of all subsequent screenings and sidelining the documentary filmmaker herself. Protesters and critics questioned how Trofimova gained access to the front, how she managed to leave, why she humanized her characters instead of condemning Russian aggression, who funded the film, and ultimately, whose interests she represented—was it propaganda? We met with Anastasia Trofimova to ask all these questions. #TellGordeeva #Trofimova #RussiansAtWar Contents: 00:00 "I’m terribly nervous" 01:11 Why we don’t disclose where we’re meeting 02:00 How the film "Russians at War" began 04:38 What identity did Trofimova use at the front? 05:53 How Santa Claus became a pass to the front 10:16 "I took a taxi to a house where soldiers lived" 16:51 Who allowed Anastasia to film at the front? 21:14 "Do mobilized soldiers have agency?" 23:29 "Before 2014, I wasn’t there" 25:34 How to pronounce "Ukrainian" correctly 26:52 "Those who go there for money die first" 35:11 "A chance for Russians to understand what this war looks like" 37:54 "A Ukrainian from Donetsk is fighting for Russia" 41:32 "Ukrainians are radically divided and see history differently" 43:50 "Ukraine makes many war films, Russia makes none" 44:57 "The battalion I filmed didn’t commit war crimes" 46:08 "The first 15 minutes are really good"—on the Ukrainian film "Songs of a Burning Earth" 49:20 "Tanks roll toward tanks, soldiers march toward soldiers"—"Really?" 51:02 "They threatened the festival organizers and promised to burn down the theater" 57:19 "If you show up again, I’ll call the FSB"—what the soldiers know about Trofimova’s film 1:00:04 "After the front, everything in Moscow irritated me" 1:03:29 How Trofimova’s political views changed over three years of war 1:08:58 "This war cannot be won" 1:12:55 "This was shocking to me" 1:15:27 "Apparently, I do have PTSD" 1:20:47 "Ukrainians feel hurt and insulted" 1:28:51 "I returned to Russia in May 2014" 1:36:28 "That was the golden age of documentary filmmaking at Russia Today" 1:39:32 "There was a portrait of Stalin in the bunker, but not of Putin" 1:42:59 "I had no weapons" 1:49:44 "If Putin is evil, then who is Trump?" 1:53:52 "I don’t believe it until I see the body"—on death in war 1:57:21 "I told everyone I had a husband" 2:00:20 What happened to the main character of Trofimova’s film? 2:04:19 "Who wants to watch us? We’re the enemy"—on international screenings 2:07:19 How "Russians at War" was edited 2:14:49 "I’m attached to Russia like an old dog" 2:17:26 "Lawyers advised me not to return to Russia" 2:20:30 "For foreign and opposition media, going to Donbas was shameful" 2:27:04 "The whole war on one street"—how Trofimova found a fabricated article in Russian opposition media 2:31:32 What are the frontline attitudes toward the war’s end? 2:33:32 What will Trofimova do if America attacks Canada? 2:35:18 "I want my film to be seen in Russia" 2:39:55 "When a country has no truth, it can lose itself" Anastasia Trofimova: anastasia.trofimova.10 Katerina Gordeeva: https://t.me/skazhigordeevoy Instagram:   / skazhigordeevoy   Twitter: https://x.com/skazhigordeevoy