Victoria Bonya joins Vladimir Solovyov on his show — Transcript

Well, now is the time of the much-awaited broadcast, Victoria Bonya is on-air with us, were we able to establish a connection? Is all well?

Oh! Good morning, you look wonderful.

Thank you, good morning to all.

How is your leg?

It's a result of all this stress, now I have to use a crutch for my leg.

My expedition to K2 peaks is now in question, so thanks for your concerns, I think my stress manifested through this trauma.

Well, we will consider this too my fault, I will propose the following option to you, for starters, so we don't interrupt each other, whatever is convenient for you, first, you will speak and then I will, we will build a system of relations.

If you start to, for your convenience, you can start.

Yes, I don't know how this broadcast will go, at first, I wanted to write a statement and read it, then I realized that I'm not the kind of a person who likes to read written statements, so perhaps I will say what I feel.

You know how everything started, the one-sided battle from your side started after my address to the president.

My address was written down, I have a picture, on a small envelope, what I planned to say, not to forget anything, this is how everything started, it started with me addressing pressing issues that truly concern people right now.

But for some reason, from your side, I heard insults, accusations that AI wrote this text for me, and that someone in the West paid for my statement, which surprised me, of course, you will say why you thought so, I believe that insults towards me were undeserved.

And now, the next story is starting, everyone watched the address, but the current tendency I am seeing, now it's being said that all of this was done to redirect the focus from what I was talking about towards squabbles between you and I.

Since we have a broadcast today, I've decided to use the opportunity of this broadcast and ask the same questions once again, since they are pressing, they are important, maybe even touch on additional issues and to understand how our dialogue will be constructed because from my side, you say that the West paid me, I did it based on the state I was in and what I feel, what people write to me - I have an enormous audience.

Also, it's very important for people to understand that these issues are not forgotten, the focus hasn't shifted, I think this should be the point of today's broadcast, I don't know whether you will admit that on your part, you were too emotional towards me and called me insulting words which I don't deserve, at least that's what I think.

Therefore, I would like you to apologize and to answer your questions about what I've done with respect to the questions I was asking, therefore, I will tell you what I did, what we did as people who got together in a place where we're now forbidden to gather, the social media platform that is banned, which helps people to unite in these circumstances and to do good deeds, therefore, I would like not to shift the focus, not to move on to squabbles, I would certainly like to hear an apology from you, I think it's a position of strength when people can admit they were wrong and to touch upon these issues once again.

May I?

Uh-huh.

First of all, you look wonderful, we'll get to that, so this is the first thing.

I no longer look elderly, huh?

Well, secondly, of course I have to apologize.

You're absolutely correct, of course, I was too emotional, regardless of the motivation behind what I said and what I was talking about, of course I should have been more careful with my words that were uttered live on-air.

Meanwhile, it's very strange to list me as the main misogynist in the country, because many women come to my broadcasts, I always demonstrate an enormous respect for them, if we talk about misogyny, it is well-known that 70% of misogynists are women.

What was the main thing? It's not about the problems you were talking about, they exist and we discuss them on our programs, sometimes we talk about the gov't using terms that are a lot more harsh than what I called you, I was talking about your initial message when you voiced the words directed towards Putin, "You are feared".

"People asked me," and then you started to list who these people are, you named bloggers, artists, and governors, "They are afraid of you", this is what caused my immediate reaction, this is what infuriated me, and when it was noticed at the top, because people in Russia love Putin, they don't fear him, that's why people come out when Putin travels somewhere, Putin notices it, stops the car and comes out to communicate with the people.

Guys on the front recorded a statement by a girlie that is working there at the BFK "Two Majors", she says, "Why do they hear the ones who have left and pay attention to them, but they don't want to listen to us, those who chose our position & aren't on Instagram?" This is the issue.

People love Putin.

You're contradicting yourself, Vladimir, you said that the president is listening, now you say that the girl is asking, "Why are they listening to her but not to us?"

It's not Putin who isn't listening, Putin hears these people, those who reacted to your statement are the ones who aren't listening, that's the point.

Your statement included everything except the war, which pains the people who don't live on Instagram because it's war for us, here and now, there were quite a few strikes on Tuapse just now, strikes are happening everywhere, you raised very important issues, I agree that guys with businesses have problems with Instagram, let's address the developers of MAX together, for them to create a platform, but Meta is doing everything to kill Russian soldiers, you remember why we had to leave Instagram.

Let me finish talking.

Okay, I'll be quiet, it's your turn, my fault.

Let me start by saying I don't talk about foreign policy, for years, I don't discuss foreign policy at all, I want to say something important, you got me off track, let there be at least a bad peace.

Why this is important, I said, because there is a lot of tension already, there is terrible tension, I feel it in my heart and in my soul, that's why I made this statement, why it was noticed and how many people discussed it is not important, what's important is that these issues are being raised because you and I are talking, it's important to keep raising these issues.

When you mention Instagram, was it verified? Turns out that in regard to Dagestan, the government reacted right away.

How was it "right away"? Right away, from the very first moment, from the first moment, when you talk about reports, do you sincerely think that Putin is getting information from a single source?

It wouldn't surprise me at all.

That's wrong, because I know what I'm talking about, I know how Putin operates, how the system of gathering information works, I know Putin personally, I know how deeply he is immersed in everything that is happening, when you say he is feared, by whom?

Vika, a war is underway, were there any strikes in Monaco today? No, we have strikes on our territory, Vika, a war is underway.

I understand that, I understand that.

I don't talk about foreign policy.

This is not foreign policy, Vika, strikes are coming in, an apartment building was struck in Yekaterinburg, what foreign policy?

I understand it well.

If you want, I will give you a platform on Solovyov Live so you can broadcast to the audiences here about the problems people write you about, you can voice them yourself, in the sense that it's not a problem at all.

Also, since we brought this program to a positive note, you will disagree with me, but I think that in the name of our entire country, we should apologize to Meloni, Italy's Prime Minister.

No-no-no-no-no.

Hold on, from myself, I want to apologize on behalf of all the women of our country, I want to apologize to Meloni, because.

Don't do it on behalf of all women.

But we want to, do you understand?

Meloni is a separate topic we'll discuss, I have my questions for Italians, I think it's wrong and ugly to call a woman "puta", you can say it to one but not the other, it's also wrong, you can say it to a foreign woman but not your own, it's wrong.

Vika, I have a meeting at 5 PM today, can you call men what your followers call them? Does anyone want to apologize for lying about my family? An attempt to cause hell for my kids that have nothing to do with this, does anyone want to apologize for that? Why bring this up right now?

They're wonderful kids, handsome men, let them live their lives, no need to bring them up.

Those are the Irish and Americans, they aren't mine.

Now, about Meloni, this is a separate topic for a big broadcast, I'm not the first to call her that, more than that, it wasn't done accidentally, hold on, this is what it relates to.

You're talking about her as a woman, right?

She is a woman, yes, but she is a Prime Minister of Italy, right?

So you can talk about her not doing her job well, why insult her as a woman? Hold on, I'm not insulting her as a woman at all, something else is at issue here.

Italian politicians called the president of the Russian Federation worse than an animal, that's what they said, "a bloody butcher", "a terrorist" and no one there stopped them, politicians and not journalists have said that, Italian journalists were saying all sorts of things about Putin, using all sorts of words, and no one in Italy has stopped them, who will apologize to Putin?

Who will apologize to our people? Do they have to apologize to Putin or not for the way they've insulted him?

As a mother raising a teenager I would tell you, as a teen that expresses himself by getting emotional, I'd say, let's at least heal something that is in our power.

Okay, let's heal it, anyway, so I'm supposed to apologize to Meloni, but shouldn't they apologize to Putin?

Don't you think men aren't handling global affairs well? Men aren't doing their part well, don't you think?

Don't you think this phrase could be considered man-hating? This is called mirroring, right?

Why won't you answer my question?

I will answer you in a more frightening way, I think humanity as a whole isn't managing well, I think that humanity as a whole is in so much trouble that it's headed towards an inevitable catastrophe, who led humanity into this catastrophe? Men that were raised by women led humanity into this because every man was birthed by a woman, this is where tragedy lies, that's what I think.

Let's say goodbye on a positive note, I think that it was, I will write to your team, I will ask my audience about finding opportunities for dialogue, Vika, thank you too, I didn't think I would say this today, but I'm very glad I'm saying this.

Have a nice day, thanks to everyone who watched.

Thank you, Vika, yes, all the best.

Well-done, Vika, she is smart.