Oliver Stone Criticizes “Mr. Putin’s Aggression In Ukraine” After Previously Saying There Was “No Proof” Russia Intended To Invade
deadline.comOliver Stone is well-known for taking contrarian stands both onscreen and off.Stone went to Russia and interviewed its president for a documentary called The Putin Interviews, which aired on Showtime in 2017.
Now, with Putin and Russia driving the 24-hour news cycle, the director has been offering his perspective on his Facebook page and in interviews.Early last month, Stone told KCRW’s Robert Scheer: “The United States and its allies in NATO have been provoking Russia for, since two years now — actually three years – over the Ukraine…”In the same interview, the director decried “bloodthirsty” media coverage saying, “they have no proof that Russia intends to invade Ukraine; I doubt that they would.
I think Russia is concerned only with the Donbass region.”After the invasion, Stone — who had also criticized the media for using the term “invasion” to characterize Russia’s plans — came around.“Although the United States has many wars of aggression on its conscience, it doesn’t justify Mr.
Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. A dozen wrongs don’t make a right. Russia was wrong to invade.”Stone, who served in the Vietnam War, has long made films critical of U.S.
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