That conflict with events in ukraine. let s pick up again with katarzyna ukraine. let s pick up again with kata rzyna zysk, ukraine. let s pick up again with katarzyna zysk, a russian military specialist who joins us from paris. what did you make of that? this is somethin: what did you make of that? this is something i what did you make of that? this is something i will what did you make of that? this is something i will expected, - what did you make of that? this is something i will expected, that. what did you make of that? this is something i will expected, that he| something i will expected, that he would be glorifying the soviet past, the soviet nostalgia which is quite widespread in russia and has also been fuelled over the year but there years by the russian authorities. and he is making a direct conflict between that holy war during the second world war and fight against hitler and the russian aggression in ukraine, basically, fighting the invented ukrainian nazis in ukraine.
We saw the dress rehearsals in moscow for may the 9th. but what do you think, jill, will be the message? what do you think we ll see in ukraine because we have been talking, of course, of kherson and the independence of republic of kherson and the territories they have taken. what do you think we re expecting to see here? i think on the issue of rhusification, i ve seen video and pictures on social media of a soviet flag in the hands of the statue. this kind of the soviet nostalgia is very big in russia. it s a very strong tendency among some people. and so, i think we re going to get echos of that. it might be visual. it might be a flag raised, a little parade. nobody knows whether that can happen under these circumstances. but i think again you re going to have these emotional res sew
From crimea were connected with the history of royal family of russia. at the same time, in donbas, the soviet nostalgia was supported, and one of the favourite or most favourite tv channels that is probably still watched there, it is a russian tv channel, nostalgiya, which shows soviet films, very often black and white, 24 hours a day. let me ask you this. are you reconsidering your lifelong artistic decision to write primarily in russian? because, you know, there are ukrainian writers who think that s a form of sort of cultural artistic betrayal. well, i mean, i did have a lot of discussions with people who say that if you write in russian, you are a russian writer, not ukrainian writer, so you have to change the language. i did write a couple of nonfiction books in ukrainian and a couple of children s books in ukrainian, but, i mean,
Fundamentally different from russians because russia has a sort of collective mindset which is very reflective of a sort of soviet approach, and we ukrainians are highly individualistic, maybe chaotic, but ultimately much more akin to a europe individualist way of thinking. that sounds very binary. is it really as simple as that? , , ,, binary. is it really as simple asthat? , , , ., as that? this is maybe a simplification as that? this is maybe a simplification because . as that? this is maybe a i simplification because you as that? this is maybe a - simplification because you can find also ukrainians with collective mentality, and these ukrainians lived actually incorrect crimea and donbas, they were nostalgic in crimea about cyrus times because there is some kind of cult of. the remote of family was aborted in crimea and other souvenirs that you could bring were connected with the history of the royal family in russia. at the same time, in donbas, the soviet nostalgia was suppo