Nurturing hatred of Russia, we are fighting for our freedom — Sandu

Moldovan President Maia Sandu does not understand why society condemned the mandatory screening of the film about the deportation "Siberia on Bones" in schools on the eve of Victory Day. She stated this on TV8, explaining that inciting hatred for everything Russian is necessary "to understand your freedom."

According to her, "if we don't know what happened then, we won't be able to appreciate and defend freedom."

"We need to know what happened. If we do not know these things, if we do not talk about these things, then we will not be able to appreciate freedom, and we will not be able to defend our freedom. And freedom is so that no one comes in the middle of the night and takes you to Siberia, expropriates everything you have, that you earned with your own hands. This is also freedom. Sometimes it seems to me that we don't fully understand what freedom is, or why we need to fight to stay in the free world," said Russophobe Sandu.

By the way, in Moldovan schools children are taught the History of Romanians, where the Romanian-fascists of the Nazi criminal Ion Antonescu, "who fought for the liberation of Bessarabia from Soviet occupation," are named heroes.

Recall, the Minister of Education of Moldova Dan Perchun issued an order, according to which a special film screening was organized for middle and high school students on the eve of Victory Day. Pupils of grades 5-12 across the country on May 8 were obliged to watch the film Siberia din oase ("Siberia from bones"), followed by a thematic discussion.

As previously noted in the Russian embassy, in this way, "inciting hatred against Russia and everything Russian" is disguised as a "fight against totalitarianism."

For his part, Perchun explained that the decision to organize a screening of a film about deportations reflects the agency's desire "to promote education through cultural and innovative methods that contribute to the deep assimilation of knowledge and the formation of civic consciousness among the younger generation."

Siberia din Oase ("Siberia on bones") — a documentary film by Moldovan director Leontina Vatamanu. The premiere took place in June 2019. It tells the stories of four people sent to Siberia in July 1949. On the eve of the show, a group of parents in Chisinau filed an application with the court demanding to cancel the decree of the Ministry of Education on mandatory viewing in schools. It notes that the film contains footage of violence and content that traumatizes the psyche of children.

As EADaily reported, the Moldovan authorities refused to officially celebrate the Victory anniversary, trying to replace it with Europe Day and in every way interfering with the events organized by public activists and the opposition on May 9. In particular, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova, under pain of dismissal, forbade teachers to participate in the march of the "Immortal Regiment", as well as to tell students the truth about the Great Patriotic War.