like the tourniquets, he is imbued with the spirit of this and that russian imperial kiev, that is , that part of society that was completely part of the russian, so to speak, empire, and sympathy for this culture, well , there was such a culture, there were such people, and from the point of view of explaining their behavior in those conditions, maybe this is really interesting, but again, it is not necessary to give out that it is so to speak and... a novel or a play about kyiv, it is about about about certain the circle of people, those characters, the same applies, i don't understand that much who in the late soviet era admired the master and margarita, but there are questions about the general, so to speak, essence of this novel, what it is about, how it characterizes russian culture, because it is definitely a russian novel. and there i see many cuts

that are characteristic of russian literature in general, which from my point of view are an occasion to talk about why, why not only this culture did not stop the crime that is happening, but actually, well , that is, the result of this culture, the development of this culture is bucha , well, there are so many questions, as there are many questions for the former partner of the president... and zelensky borys shefir, he gave a long interview to radio station svoboda, he is currently in german territory in germany, he admitted that he wants friendship with russia and loves its culture, i quote, what boris shefir actually said, not serhii shevir, but boris shevir. i love the russian language, russian culture, i can't watch how the pushkin monuments are being destroyed in ukraine, for me it's stupidity, if i was close to zelenskyi, i mean, i said.

"let's close this matter and let's be friends, but there are completely different attitudes, gentlemen, we see how last week serhiy shevir left the advisers and assistants of president zelensky, his own brother borys shefir never hid the fact that he wants to be friends with russia, in the 19th year he gave an interview and also said that let's negotiate with russia, there is no need to fight, and serhiy shevir, and... shefir are not only zelensky's business partners, these are people who in fact, they were near the origins of the appearance of the kvn star volodymyr zelenskyi, then they were near the star studios kvartal 95, well, they were nearby, who better to know about it than you, as a biographer, well , i’m just retelling, and actually boris shevir and serhii shevir, they

even rented an apartment together with... with zelenskyi in moscow, when they lived there in the mytishchi district, and now these two people, who contributed to the creation of the already political star of zelensky, because their influence was large enough, serhii shefir was part of, let's say, the team responsible for the finances of the zelensky family , as far as i understand, and now they left with environment. have finally left zelenskyi’s entourage, boris is so sure, because he says that zelenskyi doesn’t pick up the phone from me, can we assume that now zelenskyi is simply updating his team, because he no longer needs those who knew him to extend his presidential term completely different, or who introduced him to power, well, in fact , in my opinion, all presidents went through this stage, including... president kuchma, those people who

led him in 1994 were no longer allowed to participate in the elections in 1999 in this, what do you think such an upgrade of this team is connected with, well of course, shefir's position, does it mean that what shefir thinks, serhii shefir also thinks, well , boris shevir, and that boris and serhii shevir, and maybe zelensky also shared such thoughts. well, what do you think, andrei, zelensky definitely shared such opinions before, but he has undergone a great evolution, and we can even look at the photos of the president to see what he was like in the 19th year, what he is today in the 24th year. this is already another person, regarding the renewal of the team, it is not the first time that the team has been renewed, we remember such a period of romanticism, the first, when andrii bohdan was the head of the presidential office, and when... there were those turbo-reforms,

he was still a romantic, he was still a romantic, yes, yes, well, i, in such an ironic sense, of course, that there was an attempt now... . we will carry out such turbo-reforms and show the whole world how to live, here we are all libertarians, and gradually, gradually, politics became more conservative, after the full-scale invasion, challenges, well, others arose , not political rivalry with other politicians, but threats to the existence of the country , and i think the whole this is a big challenge for volodymyr zelensky at this time. to get a controlled state machine, he did not get it in the form in which we know from the constitution and that there are ministers, the parliament is effective, and the leadership of the country, in my opinion, takes place in an informal way, through

a system of advisers, friends, those watching, that is , of course there is a formal vertical, but the formal vertical does not work, but works informally. vertical, and here in this informal vertical there are several influence groups, several interest groups, and these interest groups fight with each other, who is more influential? we already see that kyril tymoshenko is not around, he is there in the position of adviser, minister of defense, but he does not play a big role, we already see that mr. serhiy shefir is not there, who is getting stronger, well , of course yarmak, the head of the president's office... enough such a powerful figure, and he, well, in my opinion, takes over all the levers of influence on ukrainian politics. oleksiy, what do you think, but zelensky simply does not need old friends who will

applaud him, look, it seems to me, to me, that there are two, two questions about old friends and about the change of people in the team, so to speak. we can see that this is zelensky's style of work in general, he is changed from time to time, he changes people, and here i would not connect it with the statements of boris shafir, because in a similar way he changed the commander-in-chief, zaluzhny, that is, because in this p yes, there should be one hero in this scenario, and that is the hero volodymyr volodymyr zelenskyi. that is, it is such and such a way, a way of leadership, a way of conducting political affairs, the people who come, whom he takes into his team, they have to perform some tasks, some succeed, some fail, but from time to time he changes them precisely because he has a hero, there should be only

one hero. of course, it is possible to connect, so to speak, the dismissal of serhiy shafir with the statements of his abbot. although, so to speak, these are not his first statements, and it is not the first time serhiy has retaliated against them, but we can see in principle that from the time when there was an attempt on him, by the way, how are we doing with the investigation of this attempt we don't know, he actually didn't play a big role in the environment, in the environment of zelensky, that's why i think that this is rather a statement, a statement of fact, although again it fits perfectly into the logic of zelenskyi's actions. regarding the views, so to speak, of boris shafir, well , you know, he is now, as you mentioned, he is now in germany, i don't think that during, for example, the second world war, many people who were, for example, jews, are ready were

to cooperate with germany or talk, well, we 'll make up anyway, because we used to live very well in the weimar republic, so i think that ... there is a certain, certain element slyness, but again, he is a private person, these are his personal views and personal, so to speak, er, tastes, because after all , to a certain extent, he also touches the sphere, the sphere of culture, so to speak, let's call it that, and there is taste plays plays its role, that is, in some people it is called disgasteng, and in others it is normal and nothing, maybe zelensky would also have such views, but... you know, he is in that position, when completely different things determine his actions , and his, and his, again, his tastes, now, so i don't think so it is somehow related, although of course, similar so to speak, well minor, i

would say incidents, but of course they can play out there, because you see that zelensky's friends, even former ones, want reconciliation with russia, but... .. i would not consider this as a priority version, well, we just have to remember what zelensky said on the night of the 23rd to the 24th, when he spoke about the fact that he addressed the russians in russian and said that... why do we need this war there, well, i tried to somehow appeal to the russian audience, this is also possible in principle explain why because zelenskyi was one of those who toured russia a lot, and as kv, i can agree with you on one side, on the other side i don't, because in fact it's a game played by all ukrainian politicians, 31 years of er... independence, let's not quarrel with russia, let's find a common language, let's persuade the russians,

to say that it was some kind of, so to speak, maliciously playing along with russia, i wouldn't say, i i think that it was quite pragmatic, by the way, the west also talked with putin, because and they also believed that ukrainian politicians, even more so, believed that there are some arguments by which and with the help of which it is possible to reach the russians, the russian elite, the russian leader, the russian people, about which we were supposed to be everyone is under certain illusions, so yes, but after what happened on february 24, especially after what happened in mariupol and bucha, i think that the responsible politicians at least have less illusions, and they simply will not resort to such things, although b with... a sense of self-preservation, because you know, we can

of course, there are some of the figures who were around the bank, and this is not the chief, so to speak, they can make some curtseys towards russia, but for this they still have to leave ukraine and there will be emigrations there to tell that they feel they are russians , beyond any doubt, i actually wanted to say that both serhii shevir, and boris shevir, and volodymyr zelenskyi, well, they did enough.' studio quarter 95 before the fact that there were a lot of representatives of russian culture on the ukrainian market, and on, let's say, in almost all of their there were a lot of russians at the concerts, and this is to the point that they thought it was absolutely normal, and a lot of the same putinists of today attended. at these concerts, and well , i believe that in this situation, both the former

head of the studio quarter 95 zelensky, and the former heads of the studio 95 and serhiy shefir and boris shevir, they are also responsible for the fact that they polished for a very long time, yes definitely, definitely, they are responsible, but so are they, maybe chronologically they are are a little different, but nevertheless, everyone who tried to do... business from russia, and tell me who did not try to do business from russia, even the most patriotic ukrainian politicians did it, well, i will not mention the lipetsk factory there, about rostukrenergo in priyushchenko, of course i am not talking about yanukovych and kuchma, so once again it must be said, it must be reminded, but again i believe that the problem is not only in zelensky. team, it applies to everyone, as they say, absolutely, i am with i agree with this, andriy, you have something to add to this

broad discussion, well, we haven't mentioned tymoshenko yet, because tymoshenko did it too, tymoshenko is absolutely not excluded, let's let 's not take responsibility from the voters either, we remember how the electoral system changes picture, and i would say that the whole country grew up and the whole country gradually realized itself as its own country. which chose its own separate path from russia, well , perhaps to saint galicia, to the west, in the west of the country, these convictions were from the very beginning in the 90s, so well-considered, but here are others the regions gradually evolved and searched for themselves and self-identified and decided who they were with, whether they were with european ukraine or authoritarian russia, and... fortunately they chose the european path. friends, i would like to remind you that we are working live on

the espresso tv channel and are conducting a poll today. we ask you this: do you consider mykhailo bolgakov a ukrainophobe? yes, no, everything is quite simple on youtube, if you watch us on tv, grab your smartphone or phone and vote if you consider bolgakov a ukrainophobe (0800-211-381). no 0800 211-382, all calls to these numbers are free, please vote. these programs , we will sum up the results of this vote . oleksiy wanted to add something, i understand that it is probably about the vote in galicia, and about how galicia was determined over the past 30 years. well, the point is that it would be difficult to expect that galicia would vote for rapprochement with russia more than other regions of ukraine, but then again there were enough illusions and enough politicians who could be used, well if not

pro-russian, so to speak, we remember all these stories, including the financing of some radical... organizations by the then allegedly pro-russian authorities, so again there are no saints, everyone must be responsible for what they did , of course, it is not necessary, so to speak, to attribute what was not there, but nevertheless, that is, at least for themselves, everyone must do, draw the right conclusions and move, move in the right direction, but again, it is again, not only ukraine, we see that is happening, happened in europe and what continues to happen. in the west, uh, even in countries that, allegedly, recently, are our great friends and allies in the fight against russia, so once again, you have to, you just have to take off the rose-colored glasses that someone has them and they were not defeated during this stage of the war, and to understand that everything depends on

the ukrainians themselves, on their desire to defend their... freedom and independence, and of course, the help of our union will not be superfluous. thank you oleksiy, let's talk about one more the topic, about the trust, lack of trust of ukrainians in the verkhovna rada of ukraine, according to the february poll of the social group, rating, 40% of ukrainian citizens do not approve of the activities of the verkhovna rada, another 37% rather do not approve, the overall level of distrust exceeded 75%, here are the results now of this social survey , while only 19% of those polled partially or fully approve of the work of the parliament, as the infographic shows, the level of approval of the council's activities has been steadily falling since april 22nd, how, gentlemen, to be with a parliament that people do not trust, but it is simply impossible to re-elect him during

the war. andrei, i don't really remember such a period when... our people trusted the parliament, because they elect it, at least they change it, and they elect and change it, i agree, i would really like to stand up for the parliament in that plan, that today the deputies have very often simply turned into executors of the willless will of the president's office and the majority factions, that is , people who are actually the main people in the country according to our constitution, we still have a parliamentary, presidential republic, suddenly turned out to be such obedient servants of the people, yes, servants of the president's office, and that's how i see it, judging by how many deputies want to leave the parliament, we know from david arahamia's statements that applications for termination of powers were submitted, they simply were not

are satisfied that the deputies do not want to put up with this role, well, such weak-willed people. executors, well, in fact, if our deputies do not decide anything, then why do we have so many deputies, well, let us, then there will be two or three people in the country, and all these laws stamp, well, it is clear that i do not support such an approach, i believe that precisely the subjectivity of the parliament and the independence of the parliament and its effective work, they are connected, that is, when the parliament is a force, when the parliament is itself in the person of the bodies, which really determines the policy of the state, then it will be trusted, and then it will work effectively, and when all the instructions come from above, then of course, how can you trust such a parliament? by the way, by the way, in march, the leadership of the servant of the people began to gather, as they write, deputies in order to

unite and improve the work of the factional. core, but it is not yet clear whether these meetings were successful, well, at least that is what the ukrainian pravda writes about. oleksiy, as in the conditions of war, this trust is not trust, a crisis is not a crisis, how do i solve it, how does it actually affect the situation in general, i honestly do not see, i do not see that, somehow, trust, mistrust affects activity of the parliament, especially the current one, i agree here that all ukrainian presidents tried to shift the responsibility for the bad state of the country to someone else, and parliament was the most successful. sion, it happened both under kravchuk and under kuchma, zelenskyi’s problem is that, well, that is, shifting responsibility to the parliament on

his part looks strange, because he has a majority in this parliament, no president has had such a majority, as zelensky should have, that is, he specially selected these people, he said that he took responsibility for them, so to transfer it to them now and say that they are guilty of something, well, it's kind of just, well, stupid. even with all his attitude towards former friends, for one thing on the one hand, on the other hand, we see that precisely at the decisive moments of ukrainian history, both in 1991 and in 1996, when the constitution was adopted, during two revolutions, it was the parliament that ensured a way out of the crisis and the preservation of the democratic tradition in ukraine, even the fact that the russians are talking about some kind of coup in ukraine, or coups in ukraine, there has never been such a coup, that is, this change did not take place due to some delegitimization

of the parliament, the parliament has always maintained its legitimacy, and therefore this is what indicates the fact that these are all fables, so i think that at least people who think about it with respect to the parliament should be held responsible, understand that... we still, if we want to integrate in europe, then the parliament has to play after all, a more responsible, more independent role, and there is no need to discredit him, and do not engage in this. as for the situation with the crisis, well, it arises because, well, if the deputies do not decide anything on their own, if earlier, during the time of kuchma, they were kept in the parliament by the opportunity to earn money money, and now she decreased, especially during the war, it is clear that many people who followed exactly this to the verkhovna rada, uh, well, that is, do not see much sense, but on the other hand, we see that from opposition

factions, or non-power factions , let's call them like that, people don't run away from the servants of the people, that is, this also shows something, and if the presidential power itself understands the need for such an instrument as the parliament, it should... show more initiative for the consolidation of the entire parliament, eventually, during the war there is no war, so to speak , the opposition in the classical sense of the word, everyone is working and everyone is ready, with some exceptions, which is true, but most factions are ready to work for our victory in this war, so i think that if if there was an initiative from the president, then the parliament could consolidate and go beyond this wobble. majority, which in fact does not exist, well, the question is whether the president needs it, if he has five or six managers running the whole country, then these in this

in history, the role of the parliament is simply reduced to one of the departments, well, if it didn't sound banal, and you mentioned the role of the parliament during the crises of history, well, when the parliament actually made important decisions, we remember in february... 2014 important decisions were made when yanukovych fled ukraine, but we remember how in july or june 2019, after coming to the presidential seat, zelenskyi dissolved the parliament because there was no parliamentary majority, that is, if there is no parliamentary majority, it must either be created, to reformat, whether during the war it is in principle possible to work like this. of course, again, this is another boomerang of the first years of zelenskyi's presidency, because

they dissolved the parliament because there is no, there was no majority in it, now there is a majority, there are big doubts, so either we need to create a new majority, but again for this the initiative of the president is needed, we understand that the servant of the people faction will not create a new one on its own initiative, without a doubt, andriy, well... i just wanted to say that there is a chance in in principle, to become effective in the parliament, if there are leaders there who can unite and create a new majority, it is possible to create a coalition government, but for this you will have to go against the will of the president, you will have to stand up for your truth and say that it is more important for the country now, and not the system that has developed today, an ineffective system, as we can see, there are doubts that... the deputies will go for it, but who knows, as mr. oleksiyovych said, in critical moments for the country, and what a moment not critical, if not now, and

parliament showed. it's a miracle that he was able to unite and make important decisions, well , on this, on this background, we simply see how there is , well, a group of people who rule, i don't know, maybe it's during a war, it's appropriate, when there is a concentration of power, but no one canceled the constitution during the war and no one said that there are five people who are around zelenskyi, they manage everything, including trying to... fight corruption, but at the same time former advisers of the sbu, like artem shilo, whom nabu and sab detained there this week the fact that he was, as it were, at the head of a corruption scheme for 95 million uah in ukrzaliznytsia, but this shows that this group of people can not simply, as they say, in the youth

environment. it's all simple and you still need to share power, including, well , monopolies are not only all power, they have this monoresponsibility, you know, it's just that in our country everyone is afraid of the words about sharing power, well , you don't want to share power, share responsibility, monopolies - this is also mono-responsibility, well, in principle, but that's it who, who in this situation should be responsible for corruption, i mentioned this artem shill. he was released on bail at 30, he, as i understand it, is responsible for corruption, in the literal sense, and you are in the sbu, he is responsible for corruption, he was supposed to control, but this organization that he oversaw was precisely within his competence , but he was released on bail of uah 30 million, and these uah 30 million were found much faster than they find money for drones, serhiy sternenko and serhiy are there.

that is, this money was found very quickly, and this proves again that the money in the state has, but they are obviously in the hands of a few people. well, you know, if he violates something, and it must be confiscated in the treasury, then obviously they will also go to the drones. andrei, how, how, how do you perceive this whole story with the awl, because he already feels innocent, but well... the fact is, and in principle, probably not for nothing, well, his guilt has not really been proven, he the suspect, the trial is ongoing, but we see how this detention took place, that is, it is an anti-corruption body independent of the president, created under the pressure of our western partners, creditors, he was discovered and detained by the national anti-corruption bureau, as we can see, now in the image, just...

i will buy an abbreviation, this is such a greeting, perhaps from our western creditors of the office of the president, including, i am a bit of a conspiracy theorist here i'll do it, you'll forgive me, but eh, it seems to me that the west is also tired of corruption stories, we remember the ministry of defense, eggs for uah 17 winter uniform, and how long the minister of defense during. a full-scale invasion had to be shot actually through various publications, through various round tables and statements of foreign foreign diplomats, including, and corruption has not stopped, we see that there are signs of corruption in state enterprises, in the ministry of defense there are also private conversations among

military personnel about how... the so-called at the lower level, and i understand that it also reaches the top, well, for example , in some, well, fortunately, not combat, but rear units, i was told that there you have to pay for vacation to the commander, well, the commander has to share it with someone, apparently, well people who are close to me, relatives, friends who serve told me, so i conclude that corruption has not gone anywhere, and that during the war we have to pay more attention to it, there are anti-corruption activists who call this mr. shill as a person, we have to conclude, andriy, we have the deputy of the president's office oleg tatarov, that is, there are threads going, thank you, oleksiy mustafin were guests of today's program, gentlemen, thank you for participating in the program, i will remind you that in the future.