Z has been adopted as a symbol of support for Putin’s army, because it is painted on the flanks of Russian tanks.
Oh what irony! The excellent Costa-Gavras 1969 film Z tells a different story. It is set in Greece in 1963 when a democratic politician opposes the right wing government; he is assassinated by government agents. The inverse parallel with Putin’s Russia is obvious. The film should be shown in every cinema in Russia and Belarus but I suppose it is banned.
The plot of Z is realistic and true. A brave, investigating magistrate uncovers enough evidence to prosecute the two right-wing militants who committed the murder and four high-ranking army officers.
“Instead of justice being served, the prosecutor is mysteriously removed from the case, several key witnesses die under suspicious circumstances, the assassins receive relatively short sentences, the officers receive only administrative reprimands, the deputy’s close associates die or are deported and the photojournalist is sent to prison for disclosing official documents. The heads of the government resign after public disapproval, but before elections are carried out, a coup d’état occurs, and the military seize power. They ban modern art, popular music, avant-garde novelists, modern mathematics, classic and modern philosophers and the use of the term “Ζ” (which is used by protesters against the former government), which refers to the assassinated deputy and means: “He lives.” (Wikipedia, edited).”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy lives.