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Arnold Schwarzenegger is sending a direct message to Vladimir Putin and the people of Russia.
In a video over nine minutes long, the actor speaks about his personal connection and appreciation for Russia.
Addressing the nation’s citizens, he says, “I am speaking to you today because there are things going on in the world that are being kept from you, terrible things that you should know about.”
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He recalled meeting one of his childhood heroes: Russian heavyweight lifter Yuri Patrovich Vlasov. Schwarzenegger’s own father was strongly against his admiration for the Russian due to his own prejudices from fighting in the Second World War.
“It didn’t matter to me what flag Yuri Vlasov carried,” said the actor, who would befriend Vlasov while working on his 1988 film “Red Heat” in the country. It broke ground as the first American film allowed to shoot on Russian land.
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“The strength and the heart of the Russian people have always inspired me,” he praised. “That is why I hope you will let me tell the truth about the war in Ukraine and what is happening there.”
Schwarzenegger then detailed the state of the current conflict in Ukraine, including the United Nations vote for Russia to end its conflict along with all the sanctions the country is facing.
He addressed the Russian president directly near the end of his impassioned speech.
“To President Putin, I say: You started this war. You are leading this war. You can stop this war,” said the former governor.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger shared a 9-minute video on his social media feeds. In it, he talks about the war in Ukraine, addressing the Russian people and his fond experience with Russia.A first print VHS tape of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘The Terminator’ was sold for $32,500Arnold Schwarzenegger introduces adorable new family memberA post shared by Arnold Schwarzenegger (@schwarzenegger)The video starts with Schwarzenegger sharing the story of his biggest hero, Yury Petrovich Vlasov, a Russian heavyweight weight lifter who was Schwarzenegger’s hero for many years. They met at the World Weightlifting Championship in 1961, a moment that impacted Schwarzenegger’s future and choice in career.
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Film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger told Russians in a video posted on social media Thursday they're being lied to about the war in Ukraine and accused President Vladimir Putin of sacrificing Russian soldiers' lives for his own ambitions.Schwarzenegger is hugely popular in Russia, and apparently also with Putin. The President of Russia Twitter account follows only 22 accounts — one of them the actor's.In the nine-minute video, Schwarzenegger said Russian soldiers were told they’d be fighting Nazis in Ukraine, or to protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine or that were going on military exercises, and that they’d be greeted like heroes.
Sasha Urban editorArnold Schwarzenegger released a nine-minute video Thursday addressed to the people of Russia, urging the government to end the war in Ukraine and denouncing state propaganda.“I know that your government has told you this is a war to denazify Ukraine,” the actor and former California governor said. “Denazify Ukraine? This is not true. Ukraine is a country with a Jewish president.
An Arnold Schwarzenegger video message to the Russian people already has garnered more than 4.3 million views on Twitter, as the former California governor says that he is telling them the truth about Vladimir Putin’s “illegal war.”
Red Heat).I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share.
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