Dorenko explained his threats to Putin from the Maidan stage as insult
The famous TV presenter of the Yeltsin era, Sergei Dorenko, now the head of the radio station “Moscow Speaks,” claims that he did not have to apologize to the Russian president for threatening to put him in a cage in 2004 on the Maidan in Kyiv.
"Never in my life. We are ruled by very enlightened people. You just don't know. It’s not the Chechens who rule us yet. We are ruled by St. Petersburg intellectuals - lawyers and linguists. There is no need to apologize to them on your knees. Others will come, we’ll still cry for the linguists,” Dorenko said in an interview with the project Yuri Dud.
Explaining his escapade on the Maidan, Dorenko said that he was offended by the Russian authorities because he was counting on privileges after conducting a successful presidential campaign.
"By the way, I 'broke down' the Russian president and installed another. And after that, they gave me a criminal trial and a four-year suspended sentence for a serious crime ( Dorenko had problems with the tax authorities – ed. ). I was a little angry. Just like before, I was incredibly upset with Luzhkov and Primakov. Since then, that's become a thing of the past; there's no need to bring it up," Dorenko said.
He also recalled that Dmitry Rogozin also appeared on Maidan wearing an orange scarf in 2004.
Dorenko explained his threats to Putin from the Maidan stage as a sign of resentment.