interview<\/a> with the Serbian daily Politika, published Monday.<\/p>\n\u201cWho are we to point fingers at anyone?\u201d Stone told his interviewer ahead of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he chairs the jury. \u201cWe\u2019re telling Russians what to do, I mean it\u2019s ridiculous, given what we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n
What is currently happening in Ukraine is \u201cnot simple at all,\u201d Stone added, but it\u2019s getting reduced in the West to \u201cRussians invaded.\u201d There is no mention of anything that has been happening in Donbass since 2014, or how many people were displaced because the US was arming Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince 2014, Ukraine was no longer neutral but anti-Russian, and that\u2019s what disrupted the balance,\u201d Stone told Politika, adding that \u201cevery war has causes and consequences\u201d if one is willing to pay attention.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Snowden\u2019 director has also produced two documentaries about the events in Kiev, \u2018Ukraine on Fire\u2019 in 2016 and \u2018Revealing Ukraine\u2019 in 2019. Both have faced bans, boycotts, and attacks over the course of this year.<\/p>\n
The US is quick to condemn any country in the world when it supposedly violates the \u201crules-based international order,\u201d but \u201cAmerica breaks all the rules whenever it wants and you know it,\u201d Stone told his Serbian interviewer.<\/p>\n
He expressed regret for voting for Joe Biden, saying this\u00a0\u201cgrandpa\u201d turned out to be very dangerous, with\u00a0his\u00a0\u201cdream\u201d of regime change in Moscow so the US can control Russia again as it did in the 1990s. Barack Obama\u2019s choice of Biden as his running mate in 2008, in order to appease establishment Democrats, was \u201ca huge mistake,\u201d Stone said. He also argued that the only hope for the US would be the emergence of a third party, as both Democrats and Republicans are beholden to the military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n
Stone\u2019s most recent documentary, \u2018Nuclear\u2019, addresses the role of atomic energy in dealing with climate change. It will also be shown at the RSIFF. Asked if he is still a rebel, Stone replied that he is getting old and having problems with his eyesight and hearing, but prefers to \u201clive on my feet than die on my knees.\u201d<\/p>\n
(From Russian Times, December 6, 2022)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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