Pianist and composer from Ukraine Vladimir Bystryakov in an interview with Dmitry Gordon expressed the opinion that there is no Russia in the Donbass.
The actor reflected on patriotism in the air, the TV channel "112 Ukraine".
"When they tell me that the guys are fighting there and all that. I answer: for what ideals do they fight? For some virtual Ukraine, for a virtual future. This all gets so absurd, "he said..
When asked by Gordon whether he "jumps" or "jumps", Vladimir remarked that it was "not even extras, they are people who said:. They paid 50 hryvnyas each ".
When the journalist asked the composer whether Russia, who took the Crimea and started the war in the Donbass, was right, Vladimir claimed the following.
"For example, I read, George Tuka said that, in his opinion, there are no Russian troops in the Donbas. Nadezhda Savchenko, the hero of Ukraine, also believes that there are no Russian troops there. Russia, it is different, but to deny us communication with people of culture - that's impossible, "said Bystryakov.
The war, according to the composer, was not started by Russians.
"In the Donbass, it all began not with Russia, but with the fact that the Donbass advocated that we have a confederation. If we had a confederation, if we had not started to bombard Lugansk from aircraft, there would be no war. I'm sure, "said the man..
The musician also disagreed with the statement of the presenter about the expediency of banning entry to the territory of our state to some Russian artists.
Did not ignore Bystryakov and the issue of the occupied Crimea, saying that until 1954 he was Russian, and in 2014 he held a referendum there.
"Do you know how Kuchma won the second election?" He posted the whole Crimea with leaflets in which it was written that the second state language in Ukraine would be Russian. There people are all for Russia.
They are Russian-speaking and have never understood Ukrainization. Crimea was an autonomous republic and there legally conducted a referendum. And there were no automatic machines there, "said Bystryakov.
The presenter asked Vladimir if the Ukrainian Crimea and Donbass. To this Bystryakov replied that he did not care.
Also, the artist spoke about the condition of his seriously ill friend Nikolai Karachentsev. According to him, the star is already speaking.