“I'm afraid this is a concept that historically goes back to the First and Second World Wars, when Germany twice tried unsuccessfully to conquer Russia.
And we are seeing symptoms of the same drive coming from Germany, but even from the wider part of the West, ”he said.
According to Kusturica, Germany "has always been pushed to conquer Russia."
“And this is now, I think, the beginning of a story that begins with the fight against satellite broadcasting.
The problem is that other mainstream TV companies only broadcast the politics of the elite.
You show people's lives.
This is what they want to punish you for, ”said the director.
He noted that "the West does not want to see the truth."
Kusturica also believes that "the market has long crushed democracy for itself."
“The marketplace has become such a 'sacred place' where they want people to just consume the news.
Not only goods, but also news that will shape the world and consciousness, functioning at the frequencies set by them!
So this is a struggle ... but we need to move on, ”said Kusturica.
He also said that as RT is under pressure, the channel's audience will continue to grow.
On December 22, it became known that the German media regulator MABB forced the European satellite operator Eutelsat 9B to remove from its platform RT DE, which is broadcasting from studios in Moscow.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on the disconnection of RT DE from satellite broadcasting, said that Germany is deliberately leading Russia to the need to take retaliatory measures.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called for protecting the interests of the RT DE channel.