The member of Moldova’s first Parliament and a member of honor of the 1992 War Veterans Association “Tiras-Tighina” Stefan Maimescu said Djanik Faiziev’s controversial movie “August. Eight” about the Russian-Georgian war in Ossetia may affect the relations between Moldova and Georgia. Related statements were made in a news conference on February 23, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the former MP, this picture is a shameful one as it is a kind of political propaganda, Moldova and Georgia having a sensitive common point in history – the Soviet occupation. “I don’t know why the authorities do not see that the Russian propaganda is still promoted by our politicians, including Shelin, Petrenko and many others who obtain certain advantages from this. If we allow screening this movie, ideologically we will allow attacking Georgia by the Russian forces. We should prevent this. Moldova must not have such an image,” said Stefan Maimescu. Vasile Costiuc, chairman of the party “Democratia Acasa” (“Democracy at Home”), considers that this movie presents only Russia’s position in that war and this instigates hatred between peoples. “We do not want movies that incite hatred and discrimination. It is a tactic employed by the Russians. They produce pictures by order whereby to impose their own opinions and distort the historical truth. That’s why we support the initiative of the Georgian diaspora and ask the authorities, especially the Ministry of Culture, to state their opinion as regards the screening of the movie. If the movie is shown at movie theaters, we will call on the young people to boycott its screening,” said Vasile Costiuc. Earlier, representatives of the Association of Georgians of Moldova said they are against showing this movie as it was a provocation against the Georgian people.