I watched it with an open mind. I didn't think he seemed false or artificial. His gaze was always direct. His speech was direct with only minor stumbles to find words, no more than would be normal. He was coherent and well-spoken. Being a communist was an oddity, but stranger things have happened. (My grandfather was in favor of Technocracy.) His account squares completely with everything I have been hearing from non-Ukrainian and non-Western sources. And I liked his reply to the hypothetical question from his former comrades-in-arms: "All's fair in love and war." I didn't expect that, but found it appropriate. They were fighting for the wrong cause, so he owes them no apology. It will be interesting to see if this interview gets much traction in the U.S. (Good thing he did not succeed in penetrating the Azov people. That would have been fatal.)
I watched it with an open mind. I didn't think he seemed false or artificial. His gaze was always direct. His speech was direct with only minor stumbles to find words, no more than would be normal. He was coherent and well-spoken. Being a communist was an oddity, but stranger things have happened. (My grandfather was in favor of Technocracy.) His account squares completely with everything I have been hearing from non-Ukrainian and non-Western sources. And I liked his reply to the hypothetical question from his former comrades-in-arms: "All's fair in love and war." I didn't expect that, but found it appropriate. They were fighting for the wrong cause, so he owes them no apology. It will be interesting to see if this interview gets much traction in the U.S. (Good thing he did not succeed in penetrating the Azov people. That would have been fatal.)