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The premiere of the documentary film ‘War 2020 Russia’s Information Aggression’ by Lithuanian filmmakers Martynas Starkus and Jonas Banys was held at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union on 14 December.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, who attended the premiere, stressed that while carrying out its information aggression against the West, Russia sought to undermine trust among members of the transatlantic family, raise doubts about such basic values of the Western world as democracy and respect for human rights, also to conceal violations of international law under the guise of different opinion.

The head of Lithuania’s diplomacy said that in order to effectively resist Russia’s information aggression, the European Union, NATO and the entire international community had to become more active in their joint effort.

During a discussion, which was moderated by the Executive Director of the Brussels Office of the German Marshall Fund Ian O. Lesser, Linkevičius noted that the documentary film ‘War 2020 Russia’s Information Aggression’ revealed principles of propaganda against the West, methods and sources, which would help provide a more clear understanding of the actual situation and would be Lithuania’s further contribution to countering Russia’s information aggression.

“You will encounter scarcely anything new here. Things are explained in simple words,” said Starkus who co-authored the film. His colleague Jonas Banys added: “Even though the film’s target audience is supposed to be Lithuanians, the goal is to show that propaganda is disseminated not only in Lithuania, but in the whole of Europe”.

The event was co-organized by the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU and the German Marshall Fund.

Please click here to view the film.