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The controversy surrounding Canadian-Russian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova’s “Russians at War” documentary has intensified following revelations that Canada, despite being a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its fight against Russia, awarded public funds to a film that is accused of whitewashing Russian war crimes. “Russians at War” is being marketed by the filmmakers as an anti-war documentary, and Trofimova has claimed in press coverage that she came to view the Russian soldiers she filmed as “absolutely ordinary guys” who are tools in a political game. Critics say that the film’s attempts to …

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