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The Magnitsky Act & Narrative Control - Andrei Nekrasov, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

The Magnitsky Act & Narrative Control - Andrei Nekrasov, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast vor 1 Jahr

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I had a conversation with Alexander Mercouris and Andrei Nekrasov
- a renowned film director who made a documentary about the
Magnitsky Act. Nekrasov is known for making documentaries that
are very critical of the Kremlin, and he received funding in the
West to make a documentary about the death of Sergey Magnitsky.
The story about a ruthless Russian government that killed a
whistle-blower was a perfect story for a Western audience that is
consistently fed stories about international politics as a
struggle between good and evil. The narrative of Magnitsky also
laid the foundation for the Magnitsky Act in 2012, a set of
anti-Russian sanctions that contributed to derailing relations
between the West and Russia. However, when making the film,
Nekrasov discovered that the story being pushed was full of lies.
Nekrasov focused on the facts rather than the narrative, and the
documentary was subsequently censored and banned across the West.
The Magnitsky Act was a precursor to the Russiagate hoax and
demonstrated how narrative control has become a key part of power
politics.