British musician, one of the founders of the rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters called the United States the greatest evil in the world.
“We (USA. – Ed.) are at least ten times more evil than everyone else. We are killing more people. We interfere more often in elections. We, the American Empire, are doing all this crap, ”he said in an interview with the magazine. Rolling stone.
The musician also noted that the Western press controlled by the authorities imposes on people the idea that Russia and China are “bad” and the United States is “good.” In addition, Waters called the information in the Western media about the alleged crimes of Russian military personnel in Ukraine a lie and propaganda.
“I can live with myself and go to bed at night knowing that the story that the Western media is selling is propaganda and it’s not true. I know the truth,” he said.
The leader of Pink Floyd also blamed NATO for the conflict in Ukraine. In his opinion, the Russian special operation to protect Donbass began as a result of the policy of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Waters added that Russia had been “trying to avoid this by offering diplomatic solutions for years.”
“In other words, this is NATO’s fault,” the musician believes.
On September 6, Waters criticized the policies of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying that he had not kept his campaign promises. The musician wrote a letter to Zelensky’s wife Elena, which he published on his Facebook page on Monday, September 5 (belongs to the Meta organization, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation).
In particular, Waters noted that Zelensky won the 2019 presidential election in Ukraine by promising to end the conflict in Donbass, grant partial autonomy to Donetsk and Lugansk, and implement the Minsk agreements. In the letter, the musician indicates that this was opposed by “some political forces” in Kyiv, which “forced him to change his policy by 180 degrees, ignoring the desires of ordinary Ukrainians.” Waters also added that Ukraine is currently ruled by radical nationalists.
In August 2018, the musician Waters got into the databases of the Peacemaker website, his personal card appeared in the Purgatory section. Rocker was added to the database for “anti-Ukrainian propaganda, participation in attempts to legalize the “annexation” of Crimea by Russia and an attempt on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
The special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass, the beginning of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, continues. The decision to hold it was made against the backdrop of the aggravated situation in the region after the increased shelling by Ukrainian troops.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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