Alex Shiriaieff
Directing
Biography
Alex Shiriaieff is a producer and documentary professional with long experience in international co-production across the Nordic, Baltic, North American, and Eastern European regions. For ten years, he led B2B Doc – the Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network – as Head of Operations and CEO, developing expertise in working in fragile contexts and delivering ambitious cross-border projects. He is the founder and Chief Executive Producer at EuroArctic Media Group in Sweden, where he develops documentaries, hybrid docs, factual programmes, and scripted formats for cinema, television, and streaming. His work bridges Eastern and Western perspectives, combining Nordic production standards with a commitment to freedom of speech and democratic values.
Known For
Analysis of the impact of natural gas - more specifically, the Ukrainian and European dependence on Russian gas - on European politics in the wake of Euromaidan. Featuring interviews with high-level government officials, journalists and industry analysts from several countries, the film argues that a generation after its break from the USSR, Ukraine is independent in name only. To bring the country to its knees, all Russia has to do to is turn off the gas, as it did briefly in the winters of 2005 and 2009.
The Gas Weapon
Russia is already waging a low-intensity war against the countries around the Baltic Sea. But it isn't being fought with conventional weapons. Cyberattacks, disinformation, propaganda targeting Russian-speaking minorities, and sabotage of air traffic and internet cables are part of the strategy, organised and financed by the Kremlin. The aim of these operations is political, social and economic destabilisation, which many experts consider to be preparation for military aggression.