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"Well, radio, and I have seen this with my own eyes and heard this with my own ears when I was in those areas [the war zone], radio sometimes is the only available means of getting information when you are close to the front line or other areas devastated by war or by some other disaster. You cannot get television service there, the internet does not work, and telephone is really dangerous because you can aim your rockets according to the telephone signal. And then there’s radio, which reaches far and deep, and which people tend to listen to."

"I do not see citizen journalism as a separate branch of journalism. I do not actually wish to juxtapose professional journalism and citizens. There is good journalism and bad journalism. Sometimes in the so-called citizen journalism, you find brilliant examples of journalism, and the same in the so-called professional journalism — you find a lot of trash."

"Radio is a natural means of promoting democracy and offers the biggest possible means of communication among different people. It is very fast, and it does not usually impose ideas. It offers ideas to choose from."

"For me, either there is truth, or there is no truth. All these things about post-truth, fake news, and other stuff, is just a set of terms which is called upon to cover the lack of professionalism among us [journalists]. So, the biggest challenge today is not to invent other terms to justify our lack of quality, but to consistently work to improve the quality."

"I didn't consider possible service in the KGB as a way to protect someone. I probably understood that once I got into that system, I wouldn't be able to do it. And I'm not a strong enough person to go into a situation like that where I'm losing in advance. "Why not" was more about the fact that, yes, in the KGB system, like in every special service, there were areas not related to the fight against dissent. For example, intelligence. And I was thinking more about that. But it's good that doubts prevailed."

"In my opinion, radio is the most democratic means, the most democratic platform for organizing a horizontal discussion in society; it does not require the embellishments that television does. Some people argue that you can also be truthful on television. I agree, but to achieve a good picture, one must apply makeup—this alone reveals a lot about television. Radio, on the other hand, does not carry this burden. Paradoxically, although the audience does not see the people on radio, they can distinctly sense when someone is reading from a script or computer screen next to the microphone. Thus, radio by its very nature demands more sincerity and authenticity. Technically, it is also easier to create than television, which is another consideration. Moreover, it offers more opportunities for audience participation in programs; you just have to call, or sometimes you can simply write through a messenger, and your message will be read or reacted to on air."

"In spring of 2013, three different people came to me within three days and said that they could not work in their media outlets any longer for various reasons — being pressurized and being told to do what they did not want to do. They asked, "What shall we do?" I said, "But of course, we should found our own radio." So we started for several reasons. First, it is cheap — it is so cheap to found a radio. We actually took out something like 300 to 400 hryvnias, which was, of course, a pittance — something like 40 to 50 dollars at that time. Everyone took from their pockets. We bought our first recorders, bought our first legal software — because we wanted to be irreproachable — and we started the radio."

"I’ll be the first director on this stage who will say, ‘I wish I never made this film’. I wish to be able to exchange this to Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities. I wish to give it all the recognition to Russia not killing tens of thousands of my fellow Ukrainians. I wish for them to release all the hostages, all the soldiers who are protecting their lands, all the civilians who are now in their jails. We can make sure that the history record is set straight and that the truth will prevail and that the people of Mariupol and those who have given their lives will never be forgotten."

"You need reality for the illusion to work. And you need the illusion to understand reality. But what do you need to create and understand a book? Where is a boundary between writer, reader, and charachter? How to know who is who?"

"No. That was no good. That was no good at all."

"One thing I learned is that cinematography is not something you do by yourself. It’s a group [project]. You need to develop your own vision, but the key to a successful film is communication with your director and your team."

"Right now, I'm just really interested in finding fruitful collaborations. To me, it’s the collaborative effort between creative minds that elevates each other’s work."

"She had this amazing background that you just sort of instantly romanticize. She had this whole Ukrainian vibe that made her seem both super cool and serious about truth."

"The danger is that sometimes skinheads want to join the movement, [our] movement has nothing to do with that… They [homosexual people] should sit and be happy that they are not getting killed. (…) From their side should be respect; on my part there is nothing to respect them for, [they are] sick people."

"On March 24, Anatoly Shariy published a post with a spontaneous confession about his old statements:"

"Unpleasant information came to me that in Kyiv, the inhabitants of Western Ukraine suddenly began to tell the people of Kyiv how they should behave, how they have to love Ukraine, how they need to sing the anthem, walk with the flag. I have several friends from Western Ukraine, I respect these people, I am proud of friendship with them, these are quite sane people. I ask my appeal to the irresponsible women not to consider him chauvinism and racism and something else. In fact, until the 39th year you were nobody. You were instead of oxen, you were like marmots on their holes dug in the mountains. Or buried, you were dug in the 39th. Do you understand? The regions of Kyiv, Zaporizhzhya, Poltava have something to hate Stalin. You do not, you have to put Stalin a golden monument in one of your villages. And you have to pray at this monument in fact, because you saw civilization in the 39th year. You started to wipe your ass in the 39th. When they tell me they served soups to the Poles, I say this is impossible. They served soups to farm laborers of the Poles. Because no one would have allowed them to the Poles. You did not have land. You... I am Ukrainian, and you are not Ukrainians. You second... there, second... well, I don’t say second grade, no, you are just half-breeds. Three-timers, foursquads. You are half fucking Poles, half you are Hungarians, half you the devil knows what you are really. Do not tell the people of Kyiv how they should behave, how they need to love the country, love their flag. Because it is not your flag. You have no flag. You are not Ukrainians."

"In Iran, after the 1979 Islamic revolution, over 4,000 lesbians and homosexuals were sentenced to death. The clerical regime also executed many women for extramarital sex. [...] I believe that in Iran with prostitution, pedophilia and rape the situation is hundreds of times better than in our extremely cultured and civilized country."

"Gypsies are the filth of the world. Europe is gradually waking up, and under the outraged cries of tolerasts, it begins to clean the dirt. When will we wake up?"

"I hate Adolf Schicklgruber. This is a vile rascal and all that. But was he really wrong, sending this abomination [homosexuals] together with gypsies [...] into gas chambers and for sterilization???!!! What do you think - return the article for sodomy now - will then the number of sick youngsters and "stars" with broken asses decrease?"

"Not so long ago, I got into an argument with one of the readers, who is also my friend. She ardently defends the rights of gays and lesbians, whom I, in her words, “unjustly insulted” in many articles."What do you care about them ?!" - once again, like hundreds of commentators on articles before her, the girl asked. And for the umpteenth time, like hundreds of commentators, I answered - I don't care about them. I do not distinguish them from the dog shit on the side of the road, I do not care about them, but I do care about my children and the future of the territory with which my life is connected..."

"Barefoot girl-child weeping at her grandma's door, her disquiet deep: аutumn's limping in. No beauty in a cold heart... the cock won't crow again. "Who are you sorry for, so?" "Everyone," she says."