- Hello! Can you introduce yourself? - My name is Eric. - Can you tell your story? - My history is the following. When I lived in Krasnodar and the war in Donetsk region started, when the civilians, children and the elderly started to die and suffer when you see this, you can't stay Indifferent. The civilians never want war. They want to live peacefully and enjoy this life. So I came to Donetsk. I was in SVD Berkut. - What did you do in Donetsk? - I defended the borders made by Donetsk liberation movement in order to protect it from the Ukrainian attack. - Did you fight? - There were both battles and peaceful moments. Some attacks happened. - Where exactly were you? - I was in Donetsk airport, Yasinovatay, Ilovaisk. In any of these places we needed to stay alive and stop the war.
- If to think neither Ukrainians nor Donetsk people are guilty. - Are you Armenian? - Yes. - Why did you go to Donetsk? It is another state. - You know I am such a person if I go in the street and see that someone is being beaten I will obligatory come and don't let to offend the person. A human can make a mistake, but you can't beat him. You have to explain. We are humans first af all. We are not beasts. Only beasts can kill immediately. People have to understand each other and everything in a peaceful way.
- Things that happened in Donetsk as I said are not the fault of any side. There were some people who benefited from making a war between them. Nowhere in the world people are happy with the war. The same is true for may country as well. It doesn't matter what the nationality or religion the person is. People are people. Nobody in the world wants war. Ordinary people want to live and work, to enjoy the life, have fun and so on.
People have to live their lives with dignity. There were some bastards in Donetsk war who just wanted to make money. - Have you been to Artsakh as well? - Yes. In 1991. Since then I haven't been there, only helped with food, cigarettes and so on. - I see. It was during 1st war in Artsakh. - Yes. In 1993-1994. - Who is guilty in Armenian-Azerbaijanian war? - You know. I will tell again. There is always the black sheep in the herd. Ordinary Azerbaijanians are not guilty. And my Armenian people are not guilty in the war.
It is like dogs' fights when they are put one against the other. And people do the stakes for these dogs. The dogs are fighting for stakes. The same is true for the people. When the politicians do the same and ordinary people suffer from these games. - You also mentioned Abkhazia. Have you been there? - I was there during the war. When I come somewhere I don't come to fight, I just try to be on the side of the people who suffer. There are the peacekeepers who stop the war. Like we have now in Nagorniy Karabakh. There are the Russian peacekeepers. These guys do their duty. they stay between two nations and prevent the war between them. - So you did the same. - Yes. - How did you do this? - I also was a peacekeeper. I joined this troop. We tried to keep peace for those people. - What do you think about the situation in Armenia? What should be done to make everything good for Armenia?
- Now we are here to remove Pashinyan. He can't rule our state and people. He can do nothing. He can only promise but not do. A person should do what she or he promised. Otherwise it is very bad. It is not only Armenian problem. Any nation can face this. Don't promise. Do first and then tell. It should have been all rright here in Armenia already. People mustn't live in grief and sorrow. We need the real leader who is able to rule the state. We have to restore the country and good relations with the neighbouring countries, we have to stop the war. Maybe we won't be friends for dozens of yerars, but still there won't be war.
- Civilians and soldiers won't die. - Why did Azerbaiajn win the war in Artsakh? - When you fight with many enemies at the same time - Azerbaijan, Turkey and Syrian mercenaries - it is hard. However our spirit and high morale can't be broken. - What could Pashinyan do in Artsakh war to have other results? What was his fault? - His fault that he behaved like a prostitute. Firstly he addressed Europe, then Americans and others. He had to negotiate with Russia, our old friend. It is our friend and partner. He had to talk to Russia and ask for help. He behaved wrongly and thought in a wrong way. The prime-minister's chair is contagious. You know those get into this chair became ill. So people start to think about their own pocket but not the people. They have to provide their people with peace, work and mainly the safety of the nation. We are going to achieve this.