“Most Americans( or the West) have no idea what happened at the Trade Union Massacre in Odessa, the Ukies pushed Russians into the building then caught it on fire….burned them alive…..
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The problem is, however, that most people have no idea that they are being deceived and would simply not think to verify the information they receive if they watch Russia’s state-funded RT (formerly Russia Today), assuming this to be a Russian version of the BBC or Deutsche Welle.
It is seven years since 48 people died during disturbances and a terrible fire in Odessa. The flames were still smoldering when Russia first began presenting the conflagration as a massacre by Ukrainian nationalists. This has continued regardless of several investigations, by the bipartisan 2 May Group; the Council of Europe’s International Advisory Panel and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Each has found that the earlier disturbances began when a large group of pro-Russian activists attacked a peaceful march in support of Ukrainian unity. From then on, weapons were used by both sides and six people were killed. Toward evening, pro-Ukrainian activists headed towards Kulikove Pole Square intending to destroy a tent camp set up by pro-Russian activists. The latter responded with gunfire and Molotov cocktails from the roof and windows of the Trade Union building. All independent reports agree that with Molotov cocktails being thrown both at and from the building, it is impossible to determine the source of the fire which caused the death of 42 pro-Russian activists.
It is quite clear that Russian state media and politicians are aware of the findings since they invariably cherry-pick the reports wherever these criticize the Ukrainian authorities.
https://cepa.org/article/russias-lie-machine-fans-flames-of-odessa-massacre/
Really? CEPA Centre for European Policy Studies, now that is truly a non-biased source. /sarcasm