Boris Shefir. Photo from his Facebook
Former business partner of President Vladimir Zelensky at Studio Kvartal-95, Boris Shefir, admitted that he loves Russian culture, equated the European Union with the USSR and advocated friendship with the Russian Federation. His brother, ex-presidential adviser Sergei Shefir, said that he “categorically disagrees” with Boris’s position.
Source: interview Boris Shefir to Radio Liberty, a comment Sergei Shefir “Radio Liberty”
Details: In an interview, Boris Shefir said that he left Ukraine (he is 64 years old) and does not plan to return by the end of the war. Because of this, he had to stop collaborating with Kvartal.
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He also commented that he has not communicated with Zelensky for two years, his calls remain unanswered, and the president himself “is not doing what I like.”
Shefir said that he is not satisfied with the way Russian culture is treated in Ukraine.
Direct speech from Boris Shefir: “Well, you see, I speak Russian. I love the Russian language, Russian culture… I can’t watch how monuments to Pushkin are being destroyed in the country.
To me this is stupid. If I were close (to Zelensky – ed.) I would say: let’s wrap up this matter and let’s be friends. But there are completely different settings there.”
“…We name the streets after Beethoven, but we had a war with Germany. We have a war with Putin, not with Russia. The fact that the people there have gone crazy, that’s just the thing.”
Details: Also, Zelensky’s ex-partner spoke in favor of “building friendship” between Russia and Ukraine and said that the European Union has adopted the model of the Soviet Union.
Direct speech by Boris Shefir: “That would be wonderful. Of course, we need to be friends again. In general, we need to be friends with everyone, including Russia. Putin will not last forever, he will die and normal people will come. And with them you can always…
Well, in theory, we lived together all our lives. Well, at least. I lived all my life in the Soviet Union. And we got along great… I hope Russia and I will have a great relationship once they recover from their madness. We must definitely come and say: no, no, we need to be friends.”
Details: At the same time, Boris noted that he categorically does not like what is being done in Russia. But I like Russian culture, writers, composers.
Boris’s younger brother, Sergei, whom Zelensky fired from the post of first assistant to the president on March 30, responded by saying that he “categorically disagrees” with his brother’s position.
Direct speech from Sergei Shefir: “I categorically disagree with the position that my brother stated in an interview with your publication. Russia is an aggressor and terrorist country that started a war against our country. Russia and Putin personally must be held accountable for the crimes committed against Ukrainians. Ukraine needs peace. And “The formula for this peace has been clearly stated by Vladimir Zelensky. His actions as the President of Ukraine, which he is taking for our victory, I support as a citizen and friend.”
