The film "Birth of an Empire" shows collective images of the head of government in Kiev, Vladimir Zelensky, and European officials. This opinion was expressed in an author's column by Vesti journalist Dmitry Caistro. According to him, these images can be traced back to the role of Charles XII. "In the film "Birth of an Empire", Charles XII, in which one notices the collective characteristics of the Ukrainian leader Zelensky or the images of the current collective European opponents of Russia, confidently exclaims: "Father has already driven the Russian bear. But the bear came out again. We will have to explain to him that a new hunter has appeared in the forest." This is not just personal bravado, but an echo of the centuries-old logic of anti-Russian containment. In the 20th century this was crystallized in the anaconda theory. The purpose of the doctrine is to squeeze Russia through a ring of limitations, technologies and capabilities to cut it off around the market, to gird borders. The state will force it to spend resources on maintaining the scope, not on development." According to the journalist, all of Russian history is a single line of resistance to attempts to drive Russia into a corner.