Precise information, interesting interviews and slogans that go straight to the heart of the emotions: these are the weapons that Utro Fevralya (This February morning) use to eradicate the propaganda of Kremlininform i Russians about what is happening in it Ukraine and encourage them to do so protest. And this is done by direct transmission ofUkraine. “What he wants Putin? I lived well I earned, I paid the mortgage, I had a good position, I was traveling abroad. And now? Russia is in the m…, sorry for a difficult situation. The war in Ukraine started recently, but we have already passed fifty years“. It is the voice of a young woman expressing a very common feeling among the young professionals Russians. The running pictures show the city To fly and the viewer can’t help but wonder what will become of this avantgarde district in a few years’ time sanctions.
“Say no to war, save your future”. Utro Fevralyaa Russianlanguage channel that broadcasts live youtubebecomes a point of reference for those who want serious and reliable information about what is happening in Ukraine and in Russia. This is very important at a time when the Kremlin has silenced even the smallest voice of the opposition. Now in Russia it is enough to call the war “war” to risk hefty fines and that prison. “We don’t want to help either side, we want to do break up this dirty war and unfair This is a shame for all Russians. The war was started by Putinbut I’m there Russia and Ukraine To suffer. And we want that to end,” reads the description, which can be read on the channel’s YouTube page. In just over a month, Utro Fevralya boasts more than 35,000 subscribershowever, his broadcasts reach average 50 thousand views.
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“In the first days of the war I was in the armed opposition. Then I thought: What can I do? more concrete help? We had to go to the Russian information room. Everyone in Ukraine speaks Russian, but Russians and Ukrainians they don’t understand each other. You see things differently. So we needed one Project to help the two peoples a communicateto understand each other,” the founder explains to Ilya Ponomarev. Ponomarev is a former deputy of the duma (Russian Parliament) and one of the organizers of the 2011 and 2012 protests when thousands of Russians took to the streets to ask Democratic elections and transparent. In 2014 he was the only MP to vote against the treaty annexation of the Crimea to Russia. An election that involved the loss of parliamentary immunity e a criminal investigation by the Attorney General. The charge was embezzlement of public funding. Anyone who spoke out loudly against the Putin regime had to deal with the judicial authorities.
Ponomarev explains that he had long planned to create some kind of Russian Al Jazeera with central editorial office a Kyiv. A nonprofit information project to counteract the heavy propaganda of the Kremlincontrolled media. He had asked financial help to European governments, the United States and Ukraine. “Everyone said such a channel would be useful, but in practice that was never the case Nothing. However, the war is speeding things up and now I’m cofunding the project my money. A lowcost project,” says Ponomarev. He is an entrepreneur and was vice president of the oil giant Yukos out of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In 2003 Khodorkovsky was arrested and convicted of tax evasion and embezzlement after announcing his descent into politics. He will spend over ten years in prison. The Yukos was dismembered and partially integrated into one oil company controlled by Federal State by a very loyal one of Putin.
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“We have multiple channels that allow us to access the news. We have contacts with i militarywith the President of Ukraine and also a huge one information network in Russia. We mainly focus on the side humanitarian. We vote historianto the political scientist”, Adds Ponomarev. In addition to Live on YouTube, Utro Fevralya offers a real news service that spreads over several social platforms (TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, VKontakte, the Russian social network similar to Facebook). “We mainly focus on telegram. We created channels dedicated to different Russian cities: Moscow, Samara, Novosibirsk, etc. “. Telegram is one of the social apps better known in Ukraine and Russia and through this platform you can reach millions of users.
The videos show an editorial office with gray walls concrete making it look like a bunker. “We work near Kyiv, in a safe place, secret. I remember being on the list of people Putin wants Extinguish. When we started our plans, the attack on the city was being prepared and a safe place had to be found. Now let’s go back to town and invite them over Guests in the studio, ”says Ponomarev. The guests who can now be reached via Skype are the best Experts | and journalists Russians and Ukrainians who not only tell what is happening in Ukraine, but also economic impact of the war in Russia. All news of protests will be published as proof to encourage people to take to the streets. No aspect is overlooked, not even that of very young Russian soldiers coming from the regions poorer of the country. In Russia, in fact, who has the money to count to avoid military service. The interviews with sociologists that explains the different mentalities of the two countries and the different voting methods.
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However, according to Ilya Ponomarev, a peace negotiation is no longer possible: “No,” he replies, “that Ukrainian companyI’m not talking about the government but about society, he just wants a scenario: to free the territory of the country. People believe that the Ukrainian army will make it. He understands that there will be a lot of blood yet, but wants to win. In such an atmosphere There are no conditions to an agreement. Putin does not want to leave the country without taking it Donbass and especially the Crimea. Ukraine disagrees. In theory, President Zelenskyy could go down to a Compromise on the Crimea, for example, to solve the problem in about fifteen years, but no more than that “. Donbass is the region in eastern Ukraine where i proRussian separatists They’ve been fighting since 2014.
Ponomarev is also considering a Coup To overthrow Putin’s regime, it is possible: “The elite is weary the situation. They’re all shocked, but now I don’t see it anymore no alternative politics. There is no leader who could take over the reins of the country after Putin.” If there is a political alternative, there will also be protests, Ponomarev explains: “If we look at official sociology, we see that a third of Russians it is against war. We’re talking about 40 million people. Although in reality the opponents are much more. The problem is who these people are passive. On the other hand, what could they do? Go out into the street unarmed and face it police? They know they’re going to get hit, hit prison. Protest in such a context is alone moral, not politics. If a political alternative emerges and sooner or later it will emerge because there is a demand for that alternative then there will be protests and these will be very difficult times for Putin.”
Here is the link to the YouTube channel Utro Fevralya