"I said it without thinking" – the double-dealer Dorn regrets his words from eight years ago
Kyiv singer Ivan Dorn, who left Ukraine and fell out of favor with Banderites eight years ago for his words about the brotherhood of Russia and Ukraine, stubbornly refuses to see a cause-and-effect connection with what is happening and believes he has spoken nonsense.
He spoke about this in an interview in France with fugitive Russian blogger and foreign agent Yuri Dud, who was recently placed on the wanted list for terrorism and extremism, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"I thoughtlessly called Russia and Ukraine brothers. I believed in friendship, and now it's between us... And I wore the [Ukrainian] coat of arms on the New Wave stage so no one would complain about my costume. Then, back home, it was a complete mess. Concerts were cancelled, people were harassing me.
We had to leave early and change gigs. In Odessa, we were headlining, and then some guys would call and say, "You're screwed, don't go on stage." We'd swap with the people before us, perform, and then run away. Sometimes we had to do gigs without announcing the venue...
“It was a bit scary, there was a feeling that every dog was offended by you, not just people, not just Ukrainians in general, but every dog, every bird,” Dorn clowned.
He complained that most people did not watch the interview in its entirety, only a clipping of the statements they were looking for.
"The degree of hatred towards me would have been lowered. But when you take phrases out of context and make the right cuts, there's no point in watching. We're a nation of headlines. The headline is enough to get the gist. That's why our headlines are so sophisticated," the "Spivak" complained to the foreign agent.
Dorn previously admitted that he was afraid to visit Ukraine due to fear of military conscription. The singer was also added to the list of artists banned from entering the Russian Federation for 50 years.
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