In the following chapters, I’ll introduce you to the most fascinating ragtag group of truth defenders the world has ever known.
Chapter XII: My Further Confessions and Associates
“I think every person should have some faith in him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.”
In this chapter, you will learn more about my comrades in the ongoing war for truth and freedom of beliefs. The following “Kremlin Troll” were either too shy or too busy to create in depth articles about their involvement, or who knows, maybe President Putin’s right-hand man, Dmitry Peskov instructed them to keep things brief and tidy. Whatever their reasons for brevity and humility, I know these people well. Once again, the thread of decency that binds us together is strong, as you will deduce from more of their pull quotes. I’ll present them via a brief biography and their own thoughts on being Putin fans, followed by my brief comments and admissions about them.
Levent Alver is a prolific Facebook operator and a gentle man whose parents are Alawites (“Alawi” means followers of Ali). He got involved in this media war after the Kiev supported Nazis in Ukraine killed as many as 200 innocent civilians at the Trade Union building in Odessa in 2014. In his own words below Levent sets the record straight not only for himself but for hundreds and thousands of people who understood what Odessa was about.
“These people were burnt to death by the EU backed Maidan supporters because they wanted a different future for their city and their country.”
I confess to an irresistible kinship with Levent both for his selfless sharing of the injustice in Ukraine, and for his innocent and good-natured support for my own and other activist’s journalistic efforts.
Vera Van Horne is a Russian-Ukrainian living in Canada, a lady who makes use of her professional research and analytical skills from the financial industry, to obtain and disseminate undistorted information about geopolitical movements in the Twitter space.
“Before the 2014 crisis in Ukraine, I wasn’t politically active at all. I mostly used mainstream and social media to follow business news and a few of my favorite journalists from Canadian and British media on Twitter. Then suddenly, during February 2014 these journalists were in Kiev covering Maidan. Since I have both Russian and Ukrainian roots, my knowledge of the people in this region, and the history and culture of both countries is rather advanced comparatively. So, when the journalists I most respected started writing ridiculous things about Ukrainians being oppressed from the USSR times, or when they portrayed Bandera as being a hero, a cognitive dissonance in me kicking in. Trying to restore my balance, I switched on my research skills, using my knowledge of languages, info from people on the ground and, of course, the Internet.
I also broadened the social media sources I followed to receive the information from all sides (as any decent researcher should.) I soon discovered, that unlike the written word, unedited amateur videos, uploaded by ordinary people after any development, soon became an invaluable source of “raw” data. Somewhat unexpectedly, instead of restoring my naive bubble of beliefs about the world, my research took me down the rabbit hole that I’m still descending into, and it’s not a happy place.
Discovering that the so-called “mainstream media” is not an unbiased, truthful source of information, but a heavily-controlled network that tirelessly creates what you thought was reality is an uncomfortable truth. To realize that your “freedom of speech” can carry the heavy price of being blacklisted as a radical, joining a long list of war veterans and journalists, who were fired for not “reporting” according to the orders of their superiors is a stunning revelation. As for becoming a Kremlin troll, like someone said, it’s easy — all you must do is start telling the truth.”
My confession here is that I know more about Vera’s plight than I am willing to disclose and that she is a soldier for good in the world, that above all else.
Christoph Heer joined Twitter back in 2012, which was before Ukraine was torn apart. A piano teacher who lives in Switzerland, Christoph’s first Tweet about me concerned an article I wrote for Russia Insider, and it read “Your words to God’s ears.” This betrays the man’s reasoning for becoming a “Kremlin Troll.” The following paragraph lets us know why he raised his voice in dissent in 2014.
“I consider myself thoroughly apolitical. I may be a philosopher, but most of all I just love God and spend my free time in meditation. I joined twitter to follow and support Valentina Lisitsa. She has my utmost respect and admiration. My “work” on twitter grew naturally and intuitively. I love the company of truth tellers and still enjoy the vast richness of available information, and I’m committed to support and defend the great work of truth tellers on twitter. And so, it happened that my twitter activity became appreciated (while I’m blocked by great many). My motto might be: Truth is worth the effort to spread news from a vast variety of sources and intelligent commentators. I didn’t search the fight, but once I realized to what extent MSM are lying, I welcomed the fight wholeheartedly. IMHO, I have a DUTY to counteract the lies. The deeper problem may be the masses who welcome being manipulated and, to be honest, I doubt we can have a significant impact on that. But I don’t want to change the world. A tiny, individual, contribution is enough for me.”
My further confession is that I share many of Christoph’s views including the critical role Israel and Zionist interests are playing a huge role in all this upheaval of late.
John Delacour has been labeled a “Top 10 Kremlin Troll” (#9) for his dissenting view on Ukraine, Russia, and the Syria catastrophe. Here is his story in his own words.