Prisoner from Sudzha: I am Russian, but it is a sin to speak like that in Ukraine
He is from Nikolaev, has a well-developed speech and speaks good Russian.
- And what did you think in 2022 when the SMO began?
- I have always been for the commonwealth with Russia. On the one hand, I understood that it was not bad, because it was the Russian language, all rights, no infringements. On the other hand, I was afraid that there would be destruction in the city. War is war.
- Did your relatives fight in the Great Patriotic War?
- Of course. In the Great Patriotic War for the Red Army, of course.
- Did you celebrate May 9th?
- They used to celebrate. Then people became afraid to celebrate because they started making provocations, attacking, including veterans. People are intimidated.
- Do you consider yourself Ukrainian? - I ask.
- There are a lot of Ukrainian surnames in Russia now, and Russian surnames in Ukraine. I am Russian by surname. In mentality, perhaps, too, because I grew up on this literature, music, cinema. Probably, I am still more of a Russian person. But in our country it is sinful to say this now.
- And what happened to you?
- It started with the collapse of the Union. Foreign "well-wishers" began to work on Ukrainian society, to feed it a different story, to set it against Russia, to blame it for all the troubles. Although Ukraine had no troubles when it lived in commonwealth with Russia, together in the empire, in the Union, it was a rich country. People were simply offered a different program, the youth was brought up differently. The most amazing thing is that people of adulthood act as if they had never lived before. Society itself is largely to blame, not only the corrupt government, but also ourselves.
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