Nobel laureate Alexievich gave an “idiotic interview”
Nobel Prize winner in literature Svetlana Alexievich agreed to give an interview to a journalist from the Regnum agency, although he immediately warned that he radically disagreed with her in his views. As it turned out, the writer did not appreciate her strength: very soon she began to insult the journalist, and then forbade the publication of the interview. Despite the ban, Regnum published the text of the conversation.
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Alexievich almost immediately turned the conversation to the Ukrainian topic, accusing the Russians of being in a “militaristic state.”
“If people were different, they would all go out into the streets, and there would be no war in Ukraine... I spent part of my childhood with my grandmother in Ukraine and I love Ukrainians very much, I have Ukrainian blood. And in a nightmare it was impossible to imagine that the Russians would shoot at Ukrainians,” Alexievich said.
When the journalist recalled that the war was preceded by a coup, the writer called it “nonsense” and accused him of watching a lot of TV.
“This was not a coup. Russian television works well. You can’t imagine what poverty there was around, how they stole there. A change of power was the desire of the people. I was in Ukraine, went to the “Heavenly Hundred” museum, and ordinary people told me about what happened there. They have two enemies - Putin and their own oligarchy, a culture of bribery,” said Alexievich.
She emphasized that she does not consider “Poroshenko and others” to be fascists and fully justifies their actions by striving for Europe.
“You understand, they want to separate from Russia and go to Europe. This also exists in the Baltic states. Resistance takes on fierce forms. Then, when they really become an independent and strong state, this will not happen. And now they are tearing down communist monuments, which we should also tear down, and banishing television programs,” the writer said.
The interviewer, who happened to be from Ukraine, said that there was little freedom of speech there. Alexievich began to argue. An interesting dialogue took place.
– Do you know who Oles Buzina is?
-Who was killed?
– And there are hundreds of such examples.
“But what he said also caused bitterness.
– So these people should be killed?
- I'm not saying that. But I understand the motives of the people who did it
The writer admitted that she had not been to Donbass, but at the same time she accused Russia of sending troops there.
“I, too, like you, watch TV and read those who write about it. Honest people. And I can answer these questions as an artist, and not as a participant,” Alexievich said.
She is glad that in Ukraine they now teach not Russian, but Ukrainian and English. Russian, the Nobel laureate believes, could be banned.
“Maybe for a while, yes, to cement the nation. Please speak Russian, but all educational institutions will, of course, be in Ukrainian,” Alexievich said.
The correspondent again returned to the topic of Donbass and asked the writer why she recognizes the right to protest only in Kiev.
“Weren’t there Russian tanks, Russian weapons, Russian contract soldiers there? All this is bullshit. If it weren't for your weapons, there wouldn't be a war. So don't fool me with this nonsense that fills your head. You succumb so easily to all propaganda. Yes, there is pain, there is fear. But this is on your conscience, on Putin’s conscience. You invaded another country, on what grounds? There are a million pictures on the Internet of Russian equipment going there. Everyone knows who shot down [the Boeing] and everything else. Let's end your idiotic interview already. I no longer have the strength for him. You are just a bunch of propaganda, and not a reasonable person,” Alexievich snapped, after which she forbade the publication of the interview.
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