{"id":27,"date":"2022-11-20T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/?p=27"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:15:58","slug":"an-interview-with-a-russian-american-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/2022\/11\/20\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview With A Russian-American (My Life In 1996 \u2014 2017 Russia)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2022\/11\/20\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-1\/\">\u0420\u0423\u0421\u0421\u041a\u041e\u042f\u0417\u042b\u0427\u041d\u0410\u042f \u0412\u0415\u0420\u0421\u0418\u042f<\/a> | \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2022\/11\/20\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-1\/\">RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/interviews\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american\/\">ALL PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW WITH A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Interview With A Russian-American (My Life In 1996 \u2014 2017 Russia)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aY7ennFQFp8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WARNING: At <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aY7ennFQFp8?t=353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">05:53<\/a>, I said that I spent days and nights reading the works of Aleksei Tolstoi. It was a mistake. In reality, I was talking about Lev Tolstoi \u2014 another Russian writer.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table Of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#foreword\">Foreword<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#beginning-the-first-public-activity\">Beginning. The First Public Activity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#references\">References<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"foreword\">1. Foreword<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 What is your name? Tell us about yourself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 My name is Vladimir Dorokhin. I was born and lived in Russia in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samara city<\/a> for 22 years, lived in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/15-%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15th residential district<\/a> of that city for more than 20 years, studied in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sch77.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public school No. 77<\/a> for 11 years, and completed my Bachelor&#8217;s degree in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samara_State_University\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samara University<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ssau.ru\/english\/education\/institutes_faculties\/physics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty of Physics<\/a>. 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on the 24th of February, 2022, I decided to make a multipart film about my history of political and journalistic activism because I have seen the whole transformation of Russia before the invasion. I was preparing a script, a storyboard, a selection of locations, interviews with witnesses, film editing, color grading, and other things. The project was supposed to be finished in a month and a half or two months. But on the 21st of September, 2022, Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> signed a decree about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Russian_mobilization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mobilization in Russia<\/a>, and I decided to tell everything differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8edf8cd2c8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8edf8cd2c8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" 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into my activities. No one fully knew what I was doing or what I was going through. And no one was fully aware of my position on what is going on in Russia: I did not raise these topics even with my relatives.<br>All of my predictions were confirmed, including the ones about mass mobilization and the horror that followed afterwards. If some of my acquaintances and relatives dislike my position, and they will want to turn away from me or decide to cut ties with me \u2014 it will not change my position, I am ready for anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8edf8cd94f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8edf8cd94f\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of mobilized Russian citizens.\" class=\"wp-image-6715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1920w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160-720x405.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 720w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160-1280x720.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1280w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160-768x432.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 768w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160-1536x864.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1536w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_08_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, I speak for myself and only myself. This is my brief history, which I was rewinding in my head absolutely every day. I kept my notes with details from 2017 to 2019, as I felt that I could use them. And what I will tell you is only a small part of the pressure I encountered. For safety, I can not tell the whole story, so I will limit my speech to a small snippet of my life for now.<br>But I hope that even this snippet will help you to better understand me and how we got to this point in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"beginning-the-first-public-activity\">2. Beginning. The First Public Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 When did you become interested in all of this \u2014 and why?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 When I was 8 years old, I got immersed into learning English: I got an opportunity to learn about European and Western cultures, as well as to engage with the world through the use of the international language. At the same time, I have never had any desire to replace Russian culture with Europe and the West \u2014 but I understood that studying these cultures was necessary to understand my own culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I got a computer at home at the age of 13, I got immersed into the Internet: it became my introduction to the real world instead of the stagnant streets of the 15th residential district in Samara. And that&#8217;s when I began to take an interest in both social constructs and the possibility to change them for the better. Much of this was due to growing up in a family with a low level of income and seeing the low standard of living of the people around me. 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For all the Russians I have ever interacted with back then, Ukraine was perceived as a fraternal country, and Ukrainians were perceived as a fraternal nation. Lessons in my school contained much less governmental propaganda. You could still visit the US for a year as an exchange student. Counselors from the US still could visit multilingual camps and visit kids there. It is even unusual to say this, but news on Russian television were less one-sided, and the \u00abpolitical\u00bb talk shows had a different rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8edf8cf955&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8edf8cf955\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"6733\" 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Just like the observation that Russian public institutions and civil society were consistently degrading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8edf8cfd7d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8edf8cfd7d\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of an authoritarianism photo representation.\" class=\"wp-image-6735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1920w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160-720x405.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 720w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160-1280x720.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1280w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160-768x432.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 768w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160-1536x864.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1536w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20221118_an_interview_of_a_russian_american_part_1_26_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Was there anything that you remembered the most from that time?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 I remember especially clearly the reflection of the events of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euromaidan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Euromaidan<\/a> in 2013 on the Russian everyday life and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">annexation of Crimea by Russia<\/a> in 2014. All the instant criticism of the events in Ukraine from every corner. All the instant contempt and disrespect towards Ukrainians as a nation in real life and on the Internet. All the intoxicating euphoria of the annexation of Crimea. To me, it was especially visible from the older \u2014 \u00abSoviet\u00bb \u2014 generation. Most of my peers and classmates, on the other hand, for the most part expressed nothing but passiveness and disinterest in understanding the changes happening at that moment. Every time, I did my best to discuss these issues with my classmates during my first 2 years at the university \u2014 but only a few people out of several dozen participated in these discussions. 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No one attended these events \u00abfor the idea\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Maybe you just didn&#8217;t tolerate other points of view and that&#8217;s why not many people discussed all of these ideas with you?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 I have never had the desire that everyone should agree with my point of view. I only welcomed discussion from people with pro-government viewpoints as well, because I am convinced that a diversity of justified opinions is useful. But trading your beliefs and values for a day off from classes is not diversity. Contempt of the Euromaidan like a robot, disrespecting Ukrainians like a robot, and feeling intoxicating euphoria from the annexation of Crimea like a robot is not diversity. All of this was a terrifying social turnaround in the wrong direction that was taking place right in front of my eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Understood. What happened next?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 When I was 20, I transferred my student application to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Petersburg_State_University_of_Telecommunications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications<\/a> and moved to the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Petersburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint Petersburg<\/a> itself. I lived there for almost a year. <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/wall-43759752_1192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I made friends with plenty of interesting people in the media field<\/a>, worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/vladimirdorokhin27012017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my music<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/wall-43759752_1176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English-Russian podcast<\/a>, and I intentionally <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/wall-130047556_56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visited over 130 museums and exhibitions alone in Saint Petersburg and beyond the city<\/a> to take my understanding of Russian culture to the next level. 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get my Bachelor&#8217;s degree at the Samara University and pass everything honestly and with my own efforts, instead of paying bribes through the faculty representatives for credits, for exams, or for involuntary \u00abclasses\u00bb with a teacher to \u00abprepare for the exams\u00bb. When I returned, I felt especially clearly how bad things are in the \u00abordinary\u00bb Russia \u2014 even compared to its \u00absecond capital\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corruption_in_Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How bad the corruption is<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%932018_Russian_protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how weakened the civil society is<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Media_freedom_in_Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how censorship and self-censorship is becoming stronger<\/a>, and what humiliating existence most people in Russia have to experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Did you plan to do something to help them?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 At that time, an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexei_Navalny_2018_presidential_campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election campaign of Aleksei Navalnyi<\/a> was gaining popularity, and after a long debate with myself, I decided to devote all my energy to that campaign for exclusively peaceful goals. 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I have always been very cautious of politics and politicians \u2014 so, my main motivation was not the victory of Navalnyi, but rather creation of a real productive discussion and positive social changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/interviews\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american\/\">ALL PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW WITH A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2022\/11\/20\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-1\/\">\u0420\u0423\u0421\u0421\u041a\u041e\u042f\u0417\u042b\u0427\u041d\u0410\u042f \u0412\u0415\u0420\u0421\u0418\u042f<\/a> | \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2022\/11\/20\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-1\/\">RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"references\">3. References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Samara._Zhiguli_Brewery_P8160467_2200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Samara city<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Samara_State_University,_Main_building.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Samara University in the Samara city<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Russian_military_move_from_Crimea_to_Ukraine.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_(08-09-2022)_2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of Vladimir Putin<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Vladimir_Putin_in_Ryazan_Oblast_(2022-10-20)_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of Vladimir Putin with soldiers<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%AF%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D1%83,_2022,_05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of mobilized Russian citizens<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Moscow_rally_6_May_2012_Bolshoy_Kamenny_Bridge.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the \u00abMarch of Millions\u00bb protest<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC0 1.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F-6_%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Bolotnaya Square case protest<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:L.N.Tolstoy_Prokudin-Gorsky.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a portrait of Lev Tolstoi<\/a> is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public domain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Karl_Marx_001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a portrait of Karl Marx<\/a> is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public domain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Adam_Smith_The_Muir_portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a portrait of Adam Smith<\/a> is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public domain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jacque_Fresco_and_lemon_tree_(cropped).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a portrait of Jacque Fresco<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/1.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 1.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:NY_stock_exchange_traders_floor_LC-U9-10548-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a capitalism photo representation<\/a> is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public domain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Socialists_in_Union_Square,_N.Y.C..jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a socialism photo representation<\/a> is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public domain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Francoist_demonstration_in_Salamanca.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a fascism photo representation<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC0 1.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Entering_Free_Capitol_Hill.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of an anarchy photo representation<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Antiimperialismo_caracas.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a nationalism photo representation<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Howard_Scott_%26_John_Gregory;_CHQ,_Rushland,_PA.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a technocracy photo representation<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sept_12,_2009_-_Tea_Party_Tax_Payer_Protest,_Washington_DC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a libertarianism photo representation<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Research_centre_of_The_Venus_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a resource-based economy photo representation<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Vladimir_Putin_rally_in_Sevastopol_2018-03-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of an authoritarianism photo representation<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Euromaidan_Kyiv_1-12-13_by_Gnatoush_005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Euromaidan<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0162.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Crimea annexation by Russia<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%9F%D0%B1%D0%93%D0%A3%D0%A2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications main building<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:4A7A3069_Moika,_Saint_Petersburg_(35468573803).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Saint Petersburg city<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5,_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_2017_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a rally of Aleksei Navalnyi<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_2006_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%90_%D0%B2_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83_%D0%9F%D0%A2%D0%A3.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of Aleksei Navalnyi<\/a> is licensed under <a 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