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Oliver Stone, Patron Saint of Truthiness
Oliver Stone says the West doesn't know the truth about the Ukrainian revolution. But does he know what "truth" even means?
The view from the grassy knoll.
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Film director Oliver Stone says he knows what really happened in Ukraine this year. His version of events surrounding the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych in February provides a fitting ending to a year that contributed new facets to the notion of "truth."
According to Stone's rambling Facebook post, he has recently been in Moscow to interview Yanukovych, who lives in self-imposed exile in Russia, for a "new English language documentary produced by Ukrainians" (the Ukrainians being, presumably, supporters of Yanukovych -- people with enough plundered wealth to produce a million documentaries).