{"id":282,"date":"2023-03-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/?p=282"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:17:15","slug":"an-interview-with-a-russian-american-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/2023\/03\/12\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview With A Russian-American (Analysis Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2023\/03\/12\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-4\/\">\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\/2023\/03\/12\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-4\/\">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 (Analysis Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0m_0jBhCyV8?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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Can you tell us more about the resumption of your anonymous activities?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 As I said, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia invaded Ukraine<\/a> a few days after I returned from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York City<\/a>. Personally, both from my experience of analyzing social changes in Russia and from my experience of the international journalism, I accepted the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine \u2014 but it still seemed close to impossible because of its insanity.<br>In fact, a lot of people thought so \u2014 a lot of people. But, nevertheless, this madness happened on February 24, 2022 \u2014 and I was the only one from my social circle who was ready for it and knew what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee5076&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee5076\" 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=\"6859\" 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Right after February 24, I spent weeks and months urging my acquaintances and friends to buy tickets and leave Russia. I described the most possible series of events after the invasion to them, which came true in the future.<br>But all my friends and acquaintances started to tear the hair out of their heads only after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_emigration_following_the_2022_invasion_of_Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all the tickets for trains and planes began to sell out at crazy speed<\/a>. Guess who spend days and nights with them to help them with finding and paying for tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armenia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Armenia<\/a>? I will tell you even more \u2014 some of them did not learn from their first mistakes and went back to Russia despite me almost begging them not to do that because of the high probability of mobilization. And a couple of weeks later, all of them were tearing their hair out again, urgently moving to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kazakhstan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee5605&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee5605\" 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=\"6861\" 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updating my news feed every 10-15 minutes \u2014 from morning until late night. A psychological shift happened inside me. Then, all of that began to get reflected in nightmares in my dreams. I thought for a long time about whether I could mentally endure spreading materials about the invasion, but considering the tragedy happening in front of us, I decided to resume my anonymous journalistic activities for the last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee5abb&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee5abb\" 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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of Vladimir Dorokhin working on a journalist report.\" class=\"wp-image-6863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_05_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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>And it was this last job that was the most psychologically difficult for me during my whole career. Because&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_conducting_a_special_military_operation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addressing to citizens in the form of \u00abhistorical lectures\u00bb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_2022_war_censorship_laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">war censorship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Mariupol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mariupol<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bucha_massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bucha<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olenivka_prison_massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">treatment of war prisoners<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_filtration_camps_for_Ukrainians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">treatment of civilians in Ukraine<\/a>, bombing of houses, abuse, torture, rape, shootings, treatment of their own soldiers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/russian\/news-60680182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transfer of conscripts to the front<\/a>, constant <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_threats_during_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claims to use nuclear weapons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VolodymyrZolkin\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testimony of Russian war prisoners<\/a> about conditions in the army. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disinformation_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Absolutely wild and rough disinformation<\/a>, barbarian schizophrenia on \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evening_with_Vladimir_Solovyov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political talk shows<\/a>\u00bb. Torn adults and children from rocket attacks, destroyed hospitals and houses, and Ukrainian cities practically wiped off the face of the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee5ce4&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee5ce4\" 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=\"6864\" 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And I can not imagine what the soldiers and civilians in Ukraine went through and are going through. 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Of course, it existed before the Russian invasion of Ukraine \u2014 on both ends. But it was after February 24 when the propaganda reached a new level, both from ordinary people and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Research_Agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bot owners in social networks<\/a>, and from politicians in Russia, Ukraine, and European Union countries. In fact, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disinformation_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full war also began on the information battlefields<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee77f5&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee77f5\" 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=\"6877\" 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It is not Ukraine that has occupied the territories of another independent country. It is not Ukraine that has bombed entire cities to the ground. It is not Ukraine that has killed and maimed millions of Ukrainians. It is Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, not Ukraine&#8217;s invasion of Russia. And it is primarily Russian society that is responsible for addressing the root causes of this catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I have studied the picture very well on all the popular Russian and foreign resources \u00abfrom the other side\u00bb as well. And I am able to highlight several very important points \u2014 in addition to the positive points and public figures, which, of course, we also have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First \u2014 the most psychologically vulnerable and misinformed side of this conflict is an average citizen: of Russia, Ukraine, Europe, the West, any country. If we take Russia and Ukraine in particular, the methods of this information war applied to these sides are partially the same \u2014 and the reaction of Russian and Ukrainian ordinary people is mostly the same. Both sides accept everything their local propagandists tell them. It is very easy to get both of these sides emotional, for example by showing fake news summaries or even fake screenshots of \u00abenemy\u00bb comments from social media. Both of these parties fail to notice \u2014 and some of them deliberately fail to notice \u2014 the impact of both local propaganda and the social media <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filter_bubble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">information bubble<\/a> on their thinking.<br>Both of these sides in this information war are nothing but tools for scums who exploit their psychological vulnerabilities for the profit. And both of these sides suffer the most from Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second \u2014 some <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disinformation_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#Ukrainian_themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">propagandists from Ukraine<\/a> try to broadcast \u00absimple and understandable answers\u00bb, in which they sometimes do not believe themselves. For example, that \u00abalmost all Russians support the invasion\u00bb. That \u00abvirtually all Russians support <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Putinism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Putin&#8217;s regime<\/a>\u00bb. That \u00abRussians never really fought for their freedom after Putin&#8217;s arrival\u00bb. That \u00abthe Russian mentality is almost like a slave mentality\u00bb. That \u00abRussian history and culture is toxic and saturated with imperialism\u00bb. That \u00abthere is an equal sign between the possibility of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euromaidan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regime change in Ukraine<\/a> and the possibility of regime change in Putin&#8217;s Russia\u00bb. That \u00abRussians and only Russians are to blame for what happened\u00bb \u2014 and so on and so forth.<br>And more often than not, these propagandists do not represent the interests of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. In their deliberate disinformation, they pursue their own \u2014 and their partners&#8217; \u2014 benefit. As long as the majority of the population believes that the propagandists represent the interests of their own country, this propaganda will lead to devastating long-term consequences again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third \u2014 there are so many <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Propaganda_in_Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">propagandists in Russia<\/a>, they are so heavily sponsored by the Putin&#8217;s regime, and they form such a large foundation for that regime&#8217;s existence that propagandists in Russia broadcast \u00abunderstandable answers\u00bb to any audience. There is literally everything \u2014 from the mass throwing of contradictory statements like the \u00abnot everything is so definite\u00bb statement to the animal hatred affecting the darkest sides of a human. It is not necessary to list each of their methods separately now, so we can simply say that propaganda in Russia uses all methods of the information war.<br>Those responsible for propaganda in Russia are not stupid people, and they receive unbelievable amounts of money for their atrocities. They should not be taken lightly. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">These people are just as responsible for the invasion and war horrors as the politicians of Putin&#8217;s regime.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourth \u2014 even this information war shows who is who of some of the so-called \u00abopinion leaders\u00bb from Russia who have moved abroad. Hypocritical, eloquent propagandists who first helped to build Putin&#8217;s regime and enjoyed its patronage \u2014 and then, after receiving patronage from the other side, began to use their language to trample the dirt on their own peaceful Russian citizens and call for, as an example, targeting Russian soldiers with missiles. Some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opposition_to_Vladimir_Putin_in_Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">representatives of opposition foundations<\/a>, who know that they are far away from war tyranny themselves, but still inviting people to their Russian Headquarters and calling for mass rallies after repeated leaks on their web servers \u2014 even though their possible activists in today&#8217;s Russia could go to prison for several years because of it. Many of the Russian artists who cowardly turn a blind eye to the madness going on in Russia in the hope that it will not affect them or that they will have time to leave Russia when it comes for them \u2014 or more than that, those \u00abartists\u00bb who are ready to please any government with their tongue out and who receive blood-stained money for their performances at pro-government Russian concerts during this time. Some of the opposition public figures who conduct their live shows in the spirit of Russian federal \u00abpolitical talk shows\u00bb but under a \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liberal<\/a>\u00bb (in quotes) sauce \u2014 those who simply refuse to admit their mistakes, instead pouring slop on those making fair observations. Some of the businessmen who first enjoyed the patronage of Putin&#8217;s regime in establishing their companies, and then, when it became unprofitable for them personally, began to renounce their Russian citizenship with pride, began defiantly separating themselves from their \u00abformer compatriots\u00bb on every possible occasion, and began to pour verbal slop at those with whom they only recently worked side by side in their projects, to whom they confessed \u00aban eternal friendship and devotion\u00bb, with whom they lived under one roof, with whom they grew up together since childhood.<br>As long as there is no functioning institution of reputation in Russia, more and more of these \u00abopinion leaders\u00bb from Russia will emerge \u2014 and they will not continue to bear responsibility for what they have done, are doing, and will continue to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And fifth \u2014 many of the populist politicians from countries with \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European values<\/a>\u00bb do not represent the interests even of their fellow citizens at all: they simply hypocritically play on the feelings of their electorate, deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb that right now they <a href=\"https:\/\/crea.shinyapps.io\/russia_counter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue to buy record amounts of natural resources from Russia<\/a>. Deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investigate-europe.eu\/en\/2022\/fuelling-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they have put their countries and their fellow citizens in direct economic dependence on Russian gas and oil themselves<\/a>. Deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investigate-europe.eu\/en\/2022\/eu-states-exported-weapons-to-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they, despite the 2014 ban, supplied Russia with bombs, missiles, planes, and other equipment themselves until at least 2020<\/a>. Deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb their endless artistic \u00abextreme concerns\u00bb when <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011%E2%80%932013_Russian_protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian civil society was getting destroyed by Putin&#8217;s regime<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%932018_Russian_protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prisons were filled with packed peaceful protesters<\/a>. Deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb how many of them, in fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investigate-europe.eu\/en\/2022\/eu-closed-loophole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">did not want to lose their political and business partnerships with representatives of Putin&#8217;s regime<\/a> in their behind-the-scenes games. Deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb how easily they forgave 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> \u2014 and how time after time they untied Putin&#8217;s hands with their soft \u00aboutrages\u00bb. Deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">what accusations of collective guilt on the basis of nationality led to in the first half of the 20th century<\/a>. Deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb that there can be no <a href=\"https:\/\/svtv.org\/news\/2022-10-16\/shoigu-doch-litva-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00abfirst class\u00bb refugees<\/a> and no <a href=\"https:\/\/svtv.org\/news\/2022-10-24\/estoniia-granitsa-641\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00absecond class\u00bb refugees<\/a> for politicians representing real European values. And finally, deliberately \u00abforgetting\u00bb that <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/news\/2022\/12\/07\/ivars-abolins-latvian-official-who-stripped-tv-rain-of-broadcast-license-praised-putin-during-crimea-annexation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they are also responsible<\/a> for the establishment and consolidation of Putin&#8217;s regime, no matter how much they would like to hide this fact away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee7cf0&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee7cf0\" 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\" 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With <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nationalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their hatred and ethnic mockery<\/a>, many of them only help Putin&#8217;s propaganda in strengthening their influence on the psychologically vulnerable and misinformed Russians, and this has direct consequences for Ukrainians and even for citizens of the European Union itself. The family members and children of populist politicians do not lie in the trenches and die from airstrikes and wounds, as do the family members and children of ordinary people in Ukraine and Russia. These politicians are well aware that they are safe and that they have little to lose even in the worst of circumstances because of their reckless speeches and actions. It is the simple people of Ukraine, Russia, Europe, and the West who pay the price. The simple people of the whole world.<br>And if these populist politicians do not take full responsibility for their speeches and actions, it will happen again and again. Again and again. Again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee862e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee862e\" 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=\"6883\" src=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230305_25_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of a 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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=\"6884\" src=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230305_26_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of a grave of a Russian soldier.\" class=\"wp-image-6884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230305_26_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1920w, 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\/><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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to highlight this separately, though \u2014 I do not put any mark on the people I am talking about right now. I am sincerely grateful to these people for all the good that they have already done for society. And I sincerely believe that these people, if they really want it, are capable both of admitting their mistakes and misconceptions and capable of using their influence for the good of society and all people on Earth. And personally, I will only support them in all of that. But at the same time, I do not want to and will not gloss over the delusions and crimes that I see in front of my eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Do you think you understand the reasons for the current attitude of a large part of the Ukrainian population toward Russians?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 I think they are understandable, yes. This attitude does not make me angry or resentful. It would be at least strange for me to be offended by people who face real horror and death on a daily basis because of the actions of the Russian government. But I neither share nor support this attitude. More than that, I am convinced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Russian_sentiment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persistence and maintenance of this attitude toward Russians on the basis of nationality<\/a> may have <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Versailles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">devastating consequences<\/a> both for Ukrainians themselves with Russians and for relations between nations in general in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee8b3b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee8b3b\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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\/><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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are already a few steps away from an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_warfare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">international catastrophe<\/a>. It is like the world has returned to the 20th century and wants to repeat its mistakes. We must do everything possible to prevent this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee8f7b&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee8f7b\" 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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of the atomic bombing of Japan in the 20th century.\" class=\"wp-image-6887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_29_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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 Do you think you have the right to express your opinion on this subject, being a person from Russia?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Yes, I do \u2014 and why, in fact, does it matter where I was born and what is my nationality in my case? Personally, I have never lost sympathy for the Ukrainian people in my life, and I have an interest and respect for their history and independence as a country. Personally, I have always actively fought against <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Propaganda_in_Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-Ukrainian propaganda since 2014<\/a> on all levels \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/2022\/11\/20\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">even at the university since my first year there<\/a>. Personally, I regularly made donations to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Ukrainian_refugee_crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both Ukrainian civilians and refugees from Ukraine after February 24<\/a>. Personally, I have donated educational and informational assistance via the Internet to Ukrainian refugees who came to the United States. My conscience is clear \u2014 and I have never done it for my ego. 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I had been urging my acquaintances and friends for days not to return to Russia and to remain outside the country at least until the end of the war battles. They heard me \u2014 but they did not listen to me, and I realized it only afterwards that this was almost always the case. My help was not treated with the attention it deserved. Unfortunately, I did not understand all of that right away.<br>All of my acquaintances and friends returned to Russia shortly before the mobilization was announced. And guess who started to tear the hair out of their heads again and started to hurry to leave Russia by any means possible across the border with Kazakhstan after September 21?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the mobilization in Russia itself has shown, shows and will continue to show <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Address_concerning_the_events_in_Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which disasters the usurpation of power in Russia leads to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mO7rnsVKXTg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on all levels<\/a>. How hypocritical the mocking populist politicians from the countries with \u00abEuropean values\u00bb can be, showing the world community how exactly some of them support the \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/feature\/2022\/08\/09\/zelenskiy-potreboval-chtoby-zapad-zakryl-granitsy-dlya-rossiyan-i-otpravil-obratno-teh-kto-uspel-uehat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">there are no illegal people<\/a>\u00bb statement. How important the help of ordinary people from Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and other countries can be for Russians fleeing from death. How important the help of ordinary people from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and other countries can be for Ukrainians fleeing from death. And how much grief awaits hundreds of thousands of Russian families after the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cargo_200_(code_name)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass return of the first zinc coffins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94ee9f99&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94ee9f99\" 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=\"6893\" 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Now, of course, I realize that this is not true, because I know how much of a positive impact I brought with my work. But it&#8217;s one thing to say it now, and another thing \u2014 to say it to \u00abmy former self\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94eea733&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94eea733\" 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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of Vladimir Dorokhin experiencing depression and overwork as an international journalist in 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-6895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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\/20230305_37_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_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>I ended my international journalism on June 15, and on June 19 I attended a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/534559818086115\/permalink\/580462093495887\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protest in Philadelphia in support of Ukrainian and Russian refugees<\/a>. But considering what they published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/534559818086115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their community<\/a> afterwards, I decided not to attend their future events. Then, I intentionally edited an amateur video report in English and Russian about that protest and then I posted it in 2 versions on June 27 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RL91A28mcLg\">international resource called \u00abYouTube\u00bb<\/a>, the Russian resource called \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TJournal<\/a>\u00bb, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/UkrainianConflict\/comments\/vlt4az\/protest_against_the_war_in_ukraine_philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English resource called \u00abReddit\u00bb<\/a>. After that, I took a pause to formulate my thoughts about what has been happening in Russia for 3 years \u2014 and now, you finally see the result of all of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94eeaa22&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94eeaa22\" 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\/20230305_38_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_4_screenshot_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of Vladimir Dorokhin's 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class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-references\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%86%D1%96_-_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_-_007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a funeral of a Ukrainian soldier<\/a> (left side of the post thumbnail) 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:Farewell_ceremony_for_Damir_Gilemhanov_(2022-04-15)_09.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a funeral of a Russian soldier<\/a> (right side of the post thumbnail) 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:Kyiv_after_Russian_shelling,_2022-10-10_(073).webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Kyiv city after Russian shelling <\/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:Times_Square_Billboards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Times Square in the New York 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:Mount_Ararat_and_the_Yerevan_skyline.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Yerevan city in Armenia<\/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:Central_Downtown_Astana_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Astana city in Kazakhstan<\/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:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_2022-02-24.webm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of Vladimir Putin&#8217;s address to the people of Russia on February 24, 2022,<\/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:Protest_against_the_invasion_of_Ukraine_(Yekaterinburg,_February_24,_2022).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the protest in Russia against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/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:War_damages_in_Mariupol,_12_March_2022_(02).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a destroyed building in the Mariupol city in Ukraine<\/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:The_city_of_Bucha_after_liberation_from_the_Russians_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of massacred civilians of the Bucha city in Ukraine<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8B_%D1%81%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_003.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of surrendered Ukrainian war prisoners<\/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:Bucha_after_Russian_invasion_(2022-04-06)_08.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a mass grave of Bucha (Ukraine) citizens with the bodies in bags<\/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:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Zaporizhzhia_after_Russian_shelling,_2022-10-10_(03).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a destroyed building with apartments in Ukraine<\/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%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%96.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of a billboard 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