Sergey Smolyaninov: “Intolerance to fascism in Sevastopol runs simply in blood!”

Our correspondent met in Sevastopol the deputy of the Sevastopol city council Sergey Smolyaninov during the election campaign: on September 14 the elections will take place too in Sevastopol and in the Crimea. And by new rules too — Russian. But in our conversation the elections were not so main subject …

- We live in legal vacuum: lived by the legislation of Ukraine, now we pass to the Russian. Besides we entered a stage of elections. But Sevastopol always lived by any principles. Actually Ukraine after all very long time ago dances to tune of Americans. And they had a task — the territory should be emasculated. That is, I can’t say that any large sums were put to the development of the territory!

There was a position that vigorous people, youth have to part from here somewhere that the Russian idea which here always was, resolved … And they approached to this question very thoroughly. But at everything thus Sevastopol developed very actively, for example, it won some years first place on input of square meters of housing. And that is with the fact that there were Kiev and million-plus cities. Probably, the matter is that we created legal conditions, there was more transparent business. Therefore, they built much and few years were in leaders on such important indicator.

--- Sevastopol always was the special city, and now it also became the subject of federation in Russia. What the main problems should be solved today?

- The most important task is to create normal legal base. It is worth recognizing that now there are many objective and subjective difficulties connected with a transition period. In Russia today there are other prices, other salaries, other legislation. And in such situation it is necessary to protect citizens as much as possible. Not only the enterprises need to be supported, but also all segments of the population. It is necessary to work much.

I understand that it is difficult for the government and it is difficult for the governor, but the road will be mastered by the going. I think that at that attention that is given by the president of Russia to our region, everything will be good. And the main task now is to construct basis on which Sevastopol will be able to develop as, really, independent region. But we have to go and go to that. And we have to work so that to earn money in the territory budget not to be the subsidized region.

— Elections which will take place on September 14, in this sense are the mechanism of changes?

- At present the elections aren’t such mechanism yet. After all we will have a representation of absolutely new political forces. For example, I don’t agree with many formulas and approaches. I am the deputy of already three convocations, the lawyer — also understand that there were 76 deputies and remains 24 — here it becomes exact a problem.

The matter is that it was necessary to do everything very quickly as process of integration into Russia was incomplete, and it was necessary to vote many things very quickly. And many objected to present approach: the matter is that the work volume at deputies is enormous. Now we will receive on districts only 8 deputies and 16 more according to lists. And the people got used to go to deputies with all available problems. Every Thursday I carry out the deputy reception, and not less than 40 people come each time… And now districts become 4 times more! Moreover it is necessary to do the enormous volume of work on rule-making.

— It is possible to look at many samples, isn’t it?

- 20 years we accepted the one and now it is necessary to reconsider everything. There were wrong attempts when the legislation of St. Petersburg was taken as the basis and not that is used now, but that was earlier … But we see how many mistakes and defects there. And it needs to be arranged everything under our realities, somehow to coordinate to transitional provisions. Until any Russian rules of law don’t start working, the Ukrainian norms work and differently there can come collapse.

- Probably, you know that in Russia there are people who consider the Crimea return in structure of Russia as occupation. They, as a rule, loudly declare it. What can you tell to those who adheres to such position?

- Everything is very simple! They need to go to Lugansk and Donetsk and to look what occurs there. And I will tell you that really occurs: genocide! But it would be much more rigid because Sevastopol and the Crimea are those places, where people considered themselves and consider as Russians. Exactly here the maximum intolerance to Nazism and fascism is felt.

The Ukrainian political parties never collected here on elections though a little significant poll: they always received them very little. Intolerance to fascism in Sevastopol is simply in blood, after all this earth is watered with blood of our ancestors who heroically protected the homeland. And it is in our gene memory.

Therefore, in case of the conflict we would be simply be cut out …

When the known events began, on December 1, 2013 I addressed with the letter to the president of Russia where stated the point of view on the events. I called it revolution attempt in Ukraine which is carried out on money of the western intelligence services. I didn’t exclude that UN armies could enter to us etc. Therefore I also asked to coordinate input on the territory of Ukraine of armies of the Russian Federation to protect the Russian-speaking population. Then many people laughed over me, and today they are not laughing …

I was born in the Soviet Union, 20 years lived in Ukraine — got used. And a lot of good was in that state, but when Ukraine lifts fascist flags, when the Nazi ideology revives here, so there is no choice! Also this state wasn’t as though close to us, in the Crimea we understood that there is no alternatives to that way which we chose.

- — The Ukrainian politicians simply strike with the statements. The Minister of Defence even promised to carry out parade in Sevastopol …

- Well, they have to tell something … The Ukrainian politicians, unfortunately, aren’t independent political figures because all of them do everything under dictatorship of State Department of the USA. Here therefore they speak that … It is considered very fashionable and patriotic at them. And it leads to many personal tragedies. After all today actually many people in Ukraine call inhabitants of the Crimea as traitors. They sincerely consider so …

But how we have to treat what occurs in Ukraine? I talked to the person who lives in Chernovtsy. He told me that in schools there is so-called «time to patriotism» instead of a class hour now. It is quite obvious about what they speak and they are taught to shout more loudly «Russian to knife» on breaks and as it is accepted now, to skip because «who doesn’t skip — that is the Russian» …

But it is simply the horror! How they change the consciousness of children! Will they think what would be with them when they grow up. They bring up children as enemies of Russia. With such approach, I am afraid, you shouldn’t expect fast recovery from the crisis.

- Many experts say that it is a question already not of the years, but of the whole generation …

- And it will be if in Ukraine the information vacuum remains. When the events already developed, I was in Kiev. I go somehow by a taxi to the Khreshchatyk and I see that two drunk people cross the road. And the driver right exclaims: «And! The Donetsk men got drunk!» I asked him why it is a question about Donetsk? He absolutely quietly answers that yesterday on TV told … And after all it is the adult! And here he receives information only on the one hand — the Russian channels are switched-off in Ukraine. The people, it is possible to tell, specially are pumped up. In a situation I don’t see a gleam and it won’t be until the American puppeteers won’t cease to dictate the policy.

- Then always is a sobering up, isn’t it?

- But whether it came after that occurred in Odessa?! It was simply terrible. I consider that it is genocide. And someone once will surely be responsible for these bloody crimes!

- Allow to ask one more question about a situation in the Crimea especially as Ukraine here shows big activity. It is a question of a position of the Crimean Tatars living on the peninsula.

- This factor is certainly important as the factor of any population living in the Crimea. But it is necessary to understand that the Crimea is a place where many people live and the share of the Crimean Tatar population makes 10%.

As for its position, I will remind known saying that any policy is defined by money. Everything rests against them — there are many examples. Aggressive moods of the Crimean Tatars were fed all the time as the tension center was necessary to the same puppeteers. It is necessary to Ukraine, the USA, some countries of the Muslim world.

I won’t tell that Tatars are any extreme nationalists; among them there are a lot of remarkable people. And in a situation when there will be no financial feed which is warming up the corresponding moods, I am confident everything will settle.

As for Sevastopol, here there was no such problem — it concerns the Crimea. And I think that it is favorable to Ukraine that there was such problem that there was an intensity therefore they will support Chubarov and other. But, I will repeat, events will develop in situations when they will be cut off from financial sources, in a different way. After all if not to throw firewood in a fire, it will go out! Russia is always ready to constructive conversation and in the Crimea all have to live in peace and friendship.