Adagamov: The savage Soviet psychology has remained in Russia, it had to be squeezed out, as Nazism was squeezed out of the Germans 

The newspaper photographer, the artist, the designer and the historian by education Rustem Adagamov is known under network name drugoi, – one of the most popular bloggers of the Russian segment of the Internet. The total number of subscribers of Adagamov's Facebook page, Twitter account and "LiveJournal" blog – over 400 thousand people, monthly number of visitors – about three million people. In the journalistic circle Adagamov is considered as the real competitor of the Russian electronic mass media.

Nearly 10 years the blogger lived in Norway where he was invited to work in the western advertizing agency. In the middle of the 2000th he returned to Moscow, participated and actively covered the protest movements, entered the Coordination council of opposition. In the 2013th Adagamov left Russia and moved to Prague after the Investigative committee brought against him a criminal case "on suspicion in commission of crime, the criminal code of Russian Federation provided by Art. 131 and 132 (rape; violent acts of sexual character)".

The case appeared after the former wife of the blogger Tatyana Delsal in interview to the pro-Kremlin newspaper "Izvestiya" and Russia Today TV company accusedAdagamov of corruption of the 12-year-old Norwegian girl. Adagamov rejected charges: "How can I comment this? There is nothing more dreadful than the offended former wife". The Norwegian police did not confirm the Delsal's words. Representatives of opposition declared that the Kremlin began campaign for discredit of one of the most influential Russian bloggers.

In interview to the “GORDON” Rustem Adagamov told why many sane Russians "started arguing as cave savages", about why nobody on the West is interested in Russian Federation and why Ukraine should not build the new state on slogans "Glory to nation – death to enemies!"

War in Donbass will last for years now. There is no way out

– Aren't you afraid to give interview to the Ukrainian journalist?

– Of course, no. I consider Ukraine my native land where 30 years ago, in the Crimea, my son was born. And I don't care about any persecution though as soon as I quit main profession of the designer and started being engaged in the blog, in Russia they tried to talk over me by different means.

– In August of the 2014, just before massive approach of Russian Federation army to Donbass, you wrote: "I think that Ukraine will not survive till winter, the Russian bear will win it". Do you still consider the same?

– The situation has changed. Putin's plans and his environments changed after they understood, when they saw to what deadlock they trapped with the situation with the Crimea, "DNR" and "LNR". But this deadlock is even worse because absolutely terrible war in Donbass will last for years now. There is no way out. In any case, I do not see it. I very much sympathize Ukraine which during 25 years didn't participate in any wars but how you will further live with this terrible, infernal war in the east – is unclear.

– Why Ukraine causes such aggression in the Russians?

– When I was asked: "On what subjects do readers of your blog most sharply react?", I always answered: "On the Ukrainian question". It began long before the war on Donbass, annexation of the Crimea and the Euromaidan. I felt an aggravation of the Ukrainian question after Orange revolution of 2004 when Viktor Yushchenko became a president and radicalization of society began.

– Radicalization of Ukrainian or Russian society?

– Including Ukrainian. I came to Kiev in 2009, was at some festival in which Oleg Skripka participated. I remember how there was a crowd walking down the street Bank, girls wearing vyshivanka and wreaths, there was a lot of music, but among procession there were also people dressed in the UNA-UNSO form. It impressed me a little. I do not consider Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevich as heroes, they are the same collaborators, as Kvisling in Norway (Vidkun Kvisling – the Norwegian politician who was actively cooperating with the Third Reich. In the 1942nd year he was assigned the minister-president of Norway by the occupational authorities of fascist Germany. Hewas executed in the 1945th.–"GORDON").

In the civilized world, especially European, it is impossible to build the new state on radical slogans, it will not be accepted, because nationalism in multicultural society – destiny of outcasts.

– Don't you exaggerate radical nationalism in Ukraine? At presidential elections Dmitry Yarosh won 0,7% of votes, Oleh Tyahnybok – 1,16%. The party "Svoboda" in general did not enter Verkhovna Rada.

– I perfectly know that national radicalism – not dominating ideology in your country. Moreover, I understand that the Western Ukraine is also not subject to nationalism, despite statements of the Russian propaganda. But thus the nationalist rhetoric dominates in the Ukrainian mass media and social networks. It dominated on the Maidan also. "Glory to nation – death to enemies!" for me the nationalist expression is not that slogan that should lead the majority. Results of both presidential, and parliamentary elections in Ukraine confirmed it.