“There is no power in his words”: actor Fidarov responded to Smolyaninov’s scandalous interview

Honored Artist of North Ossetia Soslan Fidarov, in a conversation with RT, commented on the scandalous interview of actor Artur Smolyaninov.

The star of the film "9th Company" recently said that he hates the Russian military who serve in the Donbass, and that he "doesn't give a damn if Russia collapses or not."

He added that he would not hesitate to shoot Fidarov on the battlefield, who also starred in the 9th company, and now carries humanitarian aid to the residents of Donbass.

After that, the head of the ICR, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to initiate a criminal case against Smolyaninov.

- In your video response to Smolyaninov, you sent him greetings from the guys who fought in the Donbass and will never return home.

Did you talk about specific servicemen whom you knew personally?

- I named Mamaia the first - this is my commander from the Vostok battalion, with whom we served in the Donbass back in 2014.

In 2018, he died near Maryinka.

I named the names of people of different nationalities and religions to emphasize that we are all fighting for victory here: Alekseys, Akhmeds, Alans.

We are all together.

— Tell us about your experience in Donbass.

How did you first get there and what are you doing now?

- In 2014, I joined the Vostok battalion, where an Ossetian detachment of volunteers was just formed.

Then I served in the battalion for half a year, participated in battles, including in Yasinovataya and Yenakievo.

I remember how we took the children out in civilian and military vehicles, and the Ukrainian military fired at us with sniper rifles.

Why they did it, I don't understand.

Now I am not a member of any military unit, but I am engaged in a humanitarian mission with the ONF (public organization All-Russian People's Front. -

).

We bring the necessary things to the military and civilians.

- In his scandalous interview, Artur Smolyaninov said that “without any doubt” he would shoot at you if you met him in battle.

Why did he speak so harshly about you?

“I know this man well.

I am sure that he said all these words to me, because he was sure that I died on the front line.

If he thought I was alive, he would not dare to say so.

He said he would shoot me, but I know for sure that if we were left alone and I myself gave him a loaded gun, he would not be able to do it.

As for my reaction, everything that I want to tell him, I will say personally, in person.

- Smolyaninov emigrated from Russia in the fall of 2022.

How can you personally talk to him?

- This will all someday end with our victory, and where he is now - that's where we'll see each other.

If he thinks that he has run away somewhere, then he is deeply mistaken.

- How did you react to his aggressive attacks?

- Artists like him, who fled abroad and such things (they say against Russia. - 

), no one even takes seriously.

You listen to them and understand that there is no truth or power in their words, all that remains is to laugh.

I don't think he said it very deliberately.

He is always dissatisfied, and on the set, too, it has always been like this: something always bothers him.

It seems to me that this aggression is the consequences of some kind of family tragedy, a difficult childhood and dislike.

- Some artists left the country, saying that they do not support CBO.

Personally, you and many friends from the acting community disagreed on what is happening now?

- You will not believe it: only with Arthur - and no one else.

Everyone else stayed by my side.

There are stereotypes about artists that they are all liberal and do not support the defense of Donbass, but everything refers to a small caste.

I don’t even let them close to me, like my actor friends.

We have very good, worthy artists, real men, whom I am proud of.

These are Misha Porechenkov, Fedor Sergeevich Bondarchuk, Amadou Mamadakov.

Brave guys who were and are nearby.

It doesn't matter who opposed us, what matters is who stayed by our side.

- How do you combine the work of an actor with a humanitarian mission?

- At the end of January, I will begin filming a movie.

And before that, there was a break, and at that time I was engaged in humanitarian assistance: in the last year, in connection with the NWO, we began to travel to the Donbass with other volunteers much more often.

— Who collects the humanitarian aid that you transport?

- All this is done by the inhabitants of North Ossetia: they transfer things for the military and civilians.

We often come to the front lines to see volunteers from the Alania battalion.

I personally remember most of all the moments when we help local children.

When you take out to a safe place the children who were hiding from the shelling in the basements, you understand that you have a victory.

- Some people think that famous artists are involved in humanitarian work in Donbass for money.

Have you ever been offered a reward for this?

- All eight years I did it for free: I never received money for this and I will not receive it.

And we have a lot of such artists who regularly go there, help and do not receive a penny for it.

This is all done sincerely to win.