MOSCOW, Dec 4 Latin American countries are open for cooperation with Russia, Moscow needs to build up cultural influence, export more films, Hans Dannenberg, the Republic's ambassador to Moscow, said in an interview. , everything Soviet seemed to us a «forbidden fruit»: we wanted to watch Soviet films, and now Russian films in Latin America are almost impossible to see. This is the area where Russia needs to build up its potential — to develop more humanitarian and cultural ties,» the ambassador said.
He explained that children in schools in the Dominican Republic still think that the Communists are in power in Russia, and there is not enough food in the stores.
«Films could change this stereotypical thinking about Russia, it is important to show how people live like us standing. After all, America uses cinema for propaganda, in these films Russians are often shown as bad. And Russia could show that this is not so — show an ordinary Russian family in a supermarket, show a way of life. Then people abroad will see how things really are. People need such films,» the diplomat added.
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