I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN URI
WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
TITLE, BECOMING THE FIRST HUMAN
BEING TO LIFT 200 KILOGRAMS
OVER HIS HEAD.
I WENT HOME, AND PUT HIS PHOTO
ABOVE MY BED.
HE WAS INSPIRING THE, WHEN I
STARTED TO LIFT WEIGHTS.
MY FATHER TOLD ME, TAKE DOWN
THAT PICTURE.
TO FIND A GERMAN, OR AN
AUSTRIAN HERO.
BUT I DIDN'T TAKE THE
PHOTOGRAPH DOWN.
NO.
IT DID NOT MATTER TO ME WHICH
FLY HE CARRIED.
>> ARNOLD SHORTS AND ANGER,
AUSTRIAN BORN BODYBUILDING
CHAMPION, ACTION STAR, BEFORE
REPUBLICAN CALIFORNIA OF
CALIFORNIA, RELEASED THIS
REMARKABLE VIDEO TODAY, OVER
MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS.
IT IS ADDRESS TO A SIGNIFICANT
FAN BASE IN RUSSIA, OUTLINING
HIS LONG CONNECTION TO THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE
WEIGHTLIFTER YOU JUST HEARD HIM
MENTION, CALLING FOR AN END TO
THE WAR.
SCHWARZENEGGER STATED GOAL FOR
THE VIDEO, IS TO EVADE THE
PERVASIVE CENSORSHIP IN RUSSIA,
SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE
PEOPLE.
HE LAYS OUT THE FACTS OF THE
WAR WITH THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
IS HIDING.
AT ONE POINT, SO FORTUNATE
DIRECTLY ADDRESSED RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS, WHERE HE SAYS, MAY
HAVE BEEN MISLED TO FIGHTING
FOR A CAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE
HIM.
HE ALSO INVOKED THE MEMORY OF
HIS FATHER, WHO FOUGHT FOR
HITLER'S NAZI ARMY IN WORLD WAR
II, AS A WARNING FOR RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS, CURRENTLY FIGHTING IN
UKRAINE.
>> WHEN MY FATHER ARRIVED IN
LENINGRAD, HE WAS PUMPED UP ON
THE LIES OF HIS GOVERNMENT.
WHEN HE LEFT LENINGRAD, HE WAS
BROKEN.
PHYSICALLY, AND MENTALLY.
HE LIVED THE REST OF HIS LIFE
IN PAIN.
PAIN FROM A BROKEN BACK, PAIN
FROM THE SHRAPNEL THAT REMINDED
HIM OF HIS TERRIBLE YEARS, AND
PAIN OF THE GUILT THAT HE FELT.
TO THE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
LISTENING TO THIS BROADCAST,
YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW MUCH OF
THE TRUTH THAT I HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING.
YOU HAVE SEEN IT WITH YOUR OWN
EYES.
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE BROKEN
LIKE MY FATHER.
THIS IS NOT THE WAR TO DEFEND
RUSSIA, THAT YOU'RE GREAT
GRANDFATHERS, OR GRANDFATHERS
FOUGHT.
THIS IS AN ILLEGAL WAR.
YOUR LIVES, YOUR LIMBS, YOUR
FUTURE IS, ARE BEING SACRIFICED
FOR A SENSELESS WAR CONDEMNED
BY THE ENTIRE WORLD.
>> ARNOLD DIRECTLY ADDRESSED
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN, WHOSE
ACCOUNT FOLLOWS FORTUNATE OR ON
TWITTER, SAYING, PLAINLY, HE IS
THE ONLY ONE WITH THE POWER TO
END THE WAR.
SHORTS OF NATURE ALSO DIRECTLY
ADDRESSED THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE,
URGING THEM TO SEE THROUGH
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA,
DISINFORMATION, PRESERVING A
SPECIAL COMBINATION FOR THE
PROTESTERS, AND CONDEMN ARE
STANDING UP ON RUSSIA.
>> I KNOW THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
HAVE OTHER WAYS OF MAKING
THINGS HAPPEN.
SO, I URGE THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE,
AND RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN UKRAINE,
TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPAGANDA,
AND THE DISINFORMATION THAT YOU
ARE BEING TOLD.
I ASK YOU, HELP ME SPREAD THE
TRUTH.
LET YOUR FELLOW RUSSIANS KNOW
THE HUMAN CATASTROPHE THAT IS
HAPPENING IN UKRAINE.
LET ME CLOSE WITH A MESSAGE.
ALL OF THE RUSSIANS WHO HAVE
BEEN PROTESTING ON THE STREETS
AGAINST, THE INVASION OF
UKRAINE.
THE WORLD HAS SEEN YOUR
BRAVERY.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE SUFFERED THE
CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR COURAGE.
YOU HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, JAILED,
AND BEATEN.
YOU ARE MY NEW HEROES.
YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH OF URI
PETRA HITCH.
YOU HAVE A TRUE HEART OF RUSSIA.
MY DEAR RUSSIAN FRIENDS, MAY
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
>> BY THE WAY, THE FULL THING
IS ONLINE.
IT'S ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES.
I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S A
REMARKABLE PIECE OF RHETORIC.
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY SEE THE
WHOLE THING.
THAT POWERFUL, AND WELL HOLDING
RALLY AND CRY, IT STANDS IN
STARK CONTRAST TO THE MISSIONS
THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE HEARING
ON STATE TV.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT VLADIMIR