Ex-midfielder of Kyiv "Dynamo" Vitaly Samoilov told what he thinks about the Russians.
"When I lived there, the Orange Revolution happened. We gathered together somewhere, the TV was on, we watched, and I thought about what was happening there in Kyiv, because I contacted my parents once a month. Maybe once every two weeks, but not every day. And I watched the news and thought: "Is this really happening in Kyiv?" But when I arrived, I saw a completely different reality. And they are zombified, so they are left sitting in front of their TV. They have everything only in one direction, there is nothing else.
They are afraid to say something out loud. For example, about dissatisfaction with Putin. It didn't even start now, it started when I was playing there. They spoke in a half-whisper if someone didn't like something. The vertical is built in such a way that either yes or you will sit. This is what they are all afraid of.
I think they are also a lazy nation. They do not want to rummage a little on the Internet and look for additional information - not only Russian or Ukrainian. You can go to European or Asian sites - any. You can spend two hours, but have different information. But they are lazy, just amoebas. The king said, and they will listen to him. They think that he cannot deceive them.
He raised the salaries of the military and those working in the military structure. It suits them. They say that they have such a pension, and we have such a pension. I say: "So you work in the military structure, that's why he raised you." And you go a little further from your city, there will be ass everywhere in the villages." Lazy, drunk, alcoholic nation. That's all," said Samoilov.