0:00 Evgeny Vladimirovich, in closing, I’d
0:02 like to discuss something with you—by
0:03 the way, we touched on this at the forum
0:07 Yes, people were asking: who would
0:10 actually let people come to power who
0:13 could build a truly multi-vector,
0:15 independent policy, and not sell
0:18 themselves out to this or that group or
0:23 I thought about it, and in principle,
0:25 it's all right there on the surface: all
0:27 the geopolitical players who will reach
0:29 a consensus on Ukraine’s future are
0:31 themselves primarily interested in
0:33 ensuring that "Soros-spawn" or others
0:35 who sell themselves to one country today
0:37 , another tomorrow, and a third the day
0:39 after don't rule there.
0:42 In other words, they need specifics for
0:45 decades to come, guarantees that the
0:47 country will maintain a neutral,
0:49 non-aligned status, and assurances that
0:51 the authorities in Ukraine can answer
0:54 for and fulfill their obligations.
0:58 In connection with this, the next topic
1:01 that sparked a major discussion when we
1:04 debated initiatives was accountability—
1:06 the accountability of those in power and
1:14 And what happened last week, or rather,
1:16 at the beginning of this week, regarding
1:19 the Azov torture chambers and the
1:21 reaction of Budanov himself, who, by the
1:23 way, announced he would lead the
1:26 negotiating group in Abu Dhabi.
1:30 He said he doesn't believe in the
1:32 prospects, but claims the mere fact of
1:34 these negotiations is very good, so he
1:38 Well, the man is thinking about securing
1:39 his position, isn't he?
1:42 The torture of people, followed by the
1:44 political and physical persecution of
1:46 those who rose up against this regime,
1:49 against the Gestapo-like methods of this
1:51 regiment—call it SA or Azov, it makes no
1:54 difference; the essence is the same.
1:58 And then there are the trials.
2:01 What will happen to those who built this
2:03 mechanism of torture throughout the
2:06 country, who use it for gain or simply
2:08 to extort money, sending people to
2:10 dungeons, destroying lives and health,
2:13 all while being overseen by Ukrainian
2:15 security agencies that just ask, "
2:17 What’s the big deal?"
2:20 "This happens all over the country, it’s
2:23 This issue, I think, bothers many people
2:25 because it has divided them not even
2:27 along ideological lines, but into "
2:29 people" and "monsters"—those who want to
2:32 live and those who don't want anyone
2:34 else in this country to live.
2:39 >> Sasha, well, to answer your first
2:40 question—look, we are witnessing a
2:42 change in the world order.
2:45 I mean, well, we had the Peace of
2:47 Westphalia after the First World War, we
2:49 had the Yalta-Potsdam agreements after
2:51 the Second World War, which created a
2:56 There was a unipolar world based on
2:59 rules after the Soviet Union's defeat in
3:01 the Cold War, the collapse of the Warsaw
3:04 Pact countries and the Soviet Union
3:08 Now, uh, we are on the threshold of a
3:10 Third World War, yes, one could say it
3:13 is already underway, just with
3:15 conventional types of weapons, but
3:17 everyone fears one thing, that sooner or
3:19 later nuclear weapons could be used and
3:22 this will be the sunset of humanity.
3:26 But by the number of countries involved
3:29 , by the number of resources involved,
3:32 by the expenditure of certain weapons
3:35 systems, yes, by, uh, the intensity and
3:38 the rise up the ladder of escalation
3:44 there must be some moment that will
3:47 reset all of this and create rules for
3:51 the foreseeable future, as you rightly
3:54 said, Sash, for the next decade or the
3:58 next 20 years, in which benefits, chains
4:02 , rules, and logistical routes will be
4:05 redistributed, but there will have to be
4:10 peace and time for capital accumulation
4:15 You know, some piglet has to grow up
4:17 again, which will then need to be
4:19 slaughtered to satisfy the insatiable
4:21 thirst of a country that currently has,
4:23 let’s say, 40, uh, trillion in national
4:28 Well, our Second World War also happened
4:31 after the Great Depression in the United
4:33 States, a crisis of overproduction, and
4:35 then Lend-Lease, when they started
4:38 giving everything away to everyone, yes
4:40 , and all that existed and had no demand
4:42 due to overproduction in the United
4:47 Therefore, now there must be peace, and
4:54 And even more so in Ukraine, because
4:56 Ukraine is, well, you need to open a map
4:59 and understand that it is one of the key
5:02 , key countries located between huge
5:05 markets, yes, mentally and culturally
5:10 It has access to the Black Sea, yes,
5:13 meaning it could become a component of
5:15 the new Silk Road show, or the Belt and
5:21 Therefore, it is a global player not
5:23 because we are cool or because we are
5:29 Friends, I have no, uh, performative,
5:32 feigned nationalism.
5:35 I believe there are good people and bad
5:38 people, yes, but Ukraine has, Russia has
5:41 a huge territory, a huge amount of, uh,
5:44 minerals, resources, and that is its
5:48 Ukraine has its own wealth, though
5:51 smaller. Previously, there was a very
5:53 cool industry, yes, both space, and
5:54 aircraft, and shipbuilding.
5:57 Now all of that is destroyed, but you
5:59 cannot take away its geography, nor its
6:01 location in the world, therefore it is
6:03 key, and there must be peace here.
6:07 Furthermore, these are transit routes
6:09 between these markets, right?
6:11 It is a route for supplying Europe,
6:13 again, with hydrocarbons and so on and
6:18 Sasha, that is why everyone is
6:19 interested in peace and tranquility,
6:22 which means the country must develop
6:24 rather than simmer under a lid until, as
6:26 I said, that lid gets blown off.
6:30 Therefore, we need to sit down and agree
6:33 , first and foremost, with those who
6:35 will live in the country, on how they
6:38 will live and how they intend to develop
6:41 , so that we don't end up like we did 30
6:44 years after gaining independence, after
6:46 we adopted the declaration of
6:49 sovereignty, where we said we were a
6:51 non-aligned, neutral...
6:57 a non-aligned, non-nuclear, neutral
7:00 state, but 27 years later we changed our
7:03 minds—no, not 27, but 17 years later, in
7:07 2008, there was the letter from the
7:10 three: Yushchenko, Tymoshenko, and
7:13 Yatsenyuk, demanding an action plan for
7:16 Ukraine's NATO membership.
7:20 So, we will be changing the conditions.
7:23 We must now accept terms for the near
7:25 future, or rather, enshrine them at the
7:28 constitutional level and lock in our
7:31 external trajectory.
7:34 I assure you, this will have to be
7:36 neutrality, because one way or another,
7:39 not only Ukraine but also a number of
7:41 neighboring countries that are currently
7:44 in the European Union will now become a
7:48 And this is what Trump is talking about
7:50 —that everyone will like it.
7:52 It cannot please everyone, I assure you
7:54 . There are no decisions that please
7:57 everyone. It's not like a 100-dollar
7:58 bill, right? If Russia likes it and the
8:01 States withdraw their troops from Europe
8:04 , the States might like it, but the
8:07 Europeans will have to increase their
8:09 defense spending, and they definitely
8:14 But that is secondary, as it were.
8:19 Sasha, I forgot what else you asked. I
8:21 was on the first one.
8:23 >> You asked something else, yes. Evgeny
8:24 Vladimirovich, you also asked about that
8:26 incident earlier this week, when scum
8:28 and villains were torturing people.
8:31 >> Regarding Budanov.
8:34 Of course, there are no prospects for
8:36 him in Abu Dhabi. He understands that
8:38 all the decisions have already been made
8:42 He understands that Zelensky and all
8:44 those who served him, as well as the TCK
8:47 and all the others, the police and so on
8:50 , are those whom the people of Ukraine
8:57 This talk from the head of the
8:58 presidential administration—the head of
9:01 the one who is supposed to be the
9:03 guarantor of the Constitution—about "
9:05 what's the big deal, there are many such
9:08 pits across the country" is telling.
9:13 And these pits violate every conceivable
9:15 right and freedom of our citizens and
9:18 the criminal code, yes, under many
9:23 Well, that sounds like a verdict, really
9:26 At least, in my view.
9:29 And it is clear that there is similar
9:31 incriminating evidence on Budanov, and
9:33 everyone understands that he was
9:34 directly involved in the Mudra case.
9:39 But if he hasn't been announced yet,
9:41 it’s quite possible he is one of the
9:44 players in this game, yes, and perhaps
9:47 he will have other roles to play at a
9:49 certain stage of Ukraine's transition to
9:56 I mean, after the transitional
9:58 government, in which neither Budanov,
10:01 nor the TCK, nor all of Zelensky’s
10:05 cronies have absolutely any future.
10:10 As soon as the unified marathon ends, as
10:13 soon as people get access to real
10:15 information, when they find out how much
10:18 money was actually stolen from them, how
10:22 many people died, how much was actually
10:25 destroyed, and when they can compare
10:27 what Zelensky has done by failing to
10:30 fulfill Minsk, failing to fulfill Gomel
10:33 , failing to fulfill the Istanbul
10:38 continuing the war for the sake of his
10:41 own power, and how much we paid for it—
10:44 believe me, even the most marginal
10:47 elements who are now writing that he is
10:50 the greatest leader and our precious
10:53 little boy and all the rest will be
10:56 demanding he be found and brought to
11:01 Guys, you just don't know a lot of
11:04 things, but this will definitely become
11:07 public knowledge, supported by evidence
11:11 Many will be ashamed.
11:13 Once again, this is a mournful, tragic,
11:17 and shameful page in our history.
11:25 Partly. And that part, believe me, is
11:28 not the dominant one.
11:30 This whole situation was constructed,
11:34 well-planned, and huge resources were
11:38 spent in pounds sterling, US dollars,
11:42 and euros to implement this strategy, to
11:51 Slavic peoples against each other, to
11:54 orchestrate this slaughter, so that we
11:57 would inflict quite significant damage
12:00 and harm on each other, so that we would
12:03 fall out, yes, and in the hope that we
12:06 would never reconcile.
12:10 But we will have to talk about this
12:12 topic: talk openly, speak directly,
12:15 identify the guilty, punish them, and
12:17 amnesty those who, uh, suffered without
12:22 And a lot of unpleasant but necessary
12:25 things will have to be done in order for
12:29 us to, uh, continue to develop.
12:33 And regarding all those torture chambers
12:35 , I will tell you today
12:39 I will probably even post it on my
12:43 Telegram now; someone sent me a private
12:47 message on Instagram, a Lviv resident.
12:53 With support, with words about how
12:56 people are thinking and what they are
12:58 demanding regarding the TCK and
13:01 everything else, and how they are
13:04 waiting for the moment when we truly
13:06 give this a legal assessment.
13:10 Neither the Zelensky regime, nor the
13:13 military who are currently in favor,
13:16 neither the Redises nor the Biletskys,
13:19 will ever hold them accountable.
13:23 Because what happened in Borshchahivka—
13:27 that wasn't even the TCK.
13:31 These are special units within these
13:34 military branches that break people's
13:37 psyche, torture them, and force them to
13:40 head to the "zero line" to carry out
13:43 tasks that run counter to common sense
13:46 and the logic of the fight for the
13:49 independence and sovereignty of Ukraine
13:54 They are literally breaking our citizens
13:58 Whatever is said about the youth, about
14:02 all those who were given two months of
14:05 detention without an alternative, four
14:08 people were indeed hospitalized and were
14:12 in need of medical attention.
14:16 And if they were held against their will
14:19 to the detriment of their health—
14:21 something that could have led to their
14:24 death—that is an unequivocal crime.
14:27 And there are tons of such crimes all
14:30 over the country. And not only in
14:33 military units; people are found dead or
14:35 dumped at recruitment centers too. We
14:40 This is an entire business, a business
14:42 built on blood and extortion.
14:46 Sash, there is no other alternative to
14:49 this but criminal law and a fair
14:55 And I repeat once again, those who were
14:58 involved in this, who participated in
15:01 this system, will never provide a fair
15:06 We can, but they cannot, because if they
15:08 did, they would simply be implicating
15:12 That is why, guys, I even wrote a post
15:15 Go to Telegram and take a look.
15:19 There is a certain Onistrat, a fellow
15:22 from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a
15:25 wonderful guy who said that if it were
15:28 up to him, he would ban boys as young as
15:32 15 from leaving the country.
15:36 Guys, should he have such power?
15:40 He lacks the will to find solutions, to
15:42 create a model, to find funds for the
15:45 reconstruction and development of
15:49 For him, it’s all simple: ban, restrict
15:52 , stand at attention, and stay silent.
15:55 And if you are dissatisfied, well, off
15:58 to Petropavlivska Borshchahivka with you
16:01 . They’ll explain everything you didn’t
16:04 Guys, we cannot entrust them with power
16:08 We must understand that government must
16:10 be responsible; it must hold accountable
16:13 everyone who dragged us into this war,
16:15 everyone who parasitized and profited
16:17 from it, everyone who built such pits,
16:20 and those who think they will get away
16:22 with it—they won't.
16:25 We must do everything so that a normal
16:29 new life for Ukraine begins with
16:32 restoring order and justice.
16:35 I believe these are the basic principles
16:38 without which it is impossible to build
16:40 anything worthwhile.