In the Crimea, Norwegian journalist Kristen Engelstad visited. She learned that the truth about life on the peninsula is strikingly different from that imposed by Western anti-Russian propaganda.
Aftenposten journalist gives five examples, according to which there is a fundamental discrepancy between Western theses about the reality peninsula. So the very joining of Crimea to Russia only in Ukraine and the West is called "annexation", the inhabitants of the Crimea call the events of March 2014 "reunification" with the historic homeland.
Talk about the illegality of the Crimean referendum is also not worth it - over voting was observed by more than 150 observers from 23 countries of the world. And all went well in full accordance with Article 138. 2 of the Ukrainian Constitution, which gives the regions the right to self-determination. This possibility is also prescribed in international law (Article 73 of the UN Charter).
Blackout in November 2015, when Kiev stopped supplying electricity to the peninsula called a "symmetric" response to the cessation of gas from Russia to Ukraine. But Kiev himself refused Russian gas. The journalist raises the question: "What would happen if some country deprived half of the Norwegians of electricity in the midst of winter?".
And, finally, the question of oppression, persecution of the Crimean Tatars, beloved by Western propaganda. Usually the media in Europe and the US cite examples of the detention of extremists who are single. But the Crimean Tatars themselves and their supreme mufti Emirali-Haji Ablaev say that such radicals do not have popular support.
According to the same mufti, the situation of the Crimean Tatars after joining Russia has improved, their language is recognized as one of the three official on the peninsula.
The journalist asks a reasonable question: "Are we also victims of propaganda, and how much do we realize?".
Earlier in the Crimea visited compatriot Engelstad Ose Vig Berget, who discovered that most Crimeans support the reunification of the peninsula with Russia. And the picture, which is drawn in the West, at times causes only laughter.