At that time, Smelyansky still had certain connections with Russia and he traveled there. When Batsman asked what they were talking about, Smelyansky replied: “About Bandera. I’m not joking, this is real.”
He admitted that it was very strange for him.
“Adequate, as it seemed to me, people one day turned into some kind of … bananas, sorry. They said that Europe, NATO, everyone will come now and everyone … These are people with a Harvard education! I told them: “Is this a joke? “Ukraine once attacked Russia.” So how? How do you even imagine this in numbers?” Smelyansky said.
