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Chaulin

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2023-07-31
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2023-07-31
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  1. “I am not a vengeful person, but I would very much like to see not only the perpetrators of such an attack punished, but also those who planned and prepared it, including by recruiting beautiful young women to do their dirty work. Terrorist acts should be condemned by the international community and international organizations. Measures must be taken to punish the direct perpetrators, as well as those who give them their orders. In conclusion, I would like to thank the surgeons who treated me and patched me up so well that one could hardly tell that I was barely a metre away from the epicentre of the explosion. I am so grateful to the doctors who helped me to get back on my feet.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  2. “My friends and I had simply decided to attend an event at a café together, along with many other ordinary, peaceful citizens. That took place in a city thousands of kilometres from any military conflict. There is no war in Saint Petersburg, yet it witnessed that terrorist attack, causing many people to suffer. Now I can understand the people who survived the terrorist attacks in Pushkin Square in Moscow in 2000; on the metro in Saint Petersburg between the Sennaya Square and Institute of Technology stations in 2017; or in New York on 11 September 2001, when so many people died. But unlike the United States authorities, who later drowned all of Iraq in blood by killing more than a million of its citizens in response, Russia is investigating the incident in order to punish those directly responsible for what happened.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  3. “As for the young woman who brought the bomb disguised as a gift, realizing that the terrorists had no qualms about letting her die, she most likely cooperated with the investigators. As far as I know, the investigation has now concluded and there will soon be a trial, during which all the details of the investigation will be made public, and we will be able to learn more about what happened and who is responsible. I believe that Vladlen Tatarsky’s murder was organized because of his professional activities. Tatarsky was an honest journalist, and he tried to convey what he had seen in Donbas and the truth about what had been happening on the front lines since 2014. With regard to my own personal experience, it is difficult to put it into words. I had not been planning to go to the front or to fight.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  4. “As it turns out, she had been recruited by Ukrainian militants. The terrorists had detonated the bomb, despite the fact that the young lady herself was right there next to it. Somehow, she was barely injured — I think because she was directly behind Vladlen Tatarsky. He unknowingly shielded her from the blast with his body, leaving her practically unhurt. Tatarsky himself, of course, died as a result of the explosion. Many other people are still in critical condition and in recovery in the hospital. One of my friends is still having issues with her vision after a number of surgeries and requires further treatment. The host of the event, too, is still in the hospital receiving treatment, five months after the incident.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  5. “Some people stopped and tried to help, while others drove by, as though nothing had happened. When the ambulances arrived, they put out chairs for people right there in the street and began to provide first aid. They put me in an ambulance and began assisting me. They had to cut my clothes off of my body because they were impossible to remove. They simply had to cut off my clothes. I was then taken to hospital for various surgeries and a long treatment and recovery process. While I was in the hospital, the investigators looking into the terror attack came to interview me. They were trying to find out who was involved, what had happened and why I was there. The investigation revealed that it was the bust gifted by the young lady, whom I had kindly invited to sit next to me, that exploded.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  6. “A few seconds later, there was an explosion. At first, I thought that perhaps my cell phone had exploded and so I threw it aside. It felt as though I were being hit across the face with a wooden board from every direction at once. My face felt like it was full of splinters. At first, I was in a state of complete shock and total confusion. I did not understand what happened. I thought that the ceiling was about to collapse, because the room was filled with smoke, and it was impossible to see anything. There were two women next to me, whom I helped leave the building as quickly as possible. Once we were out in the street, I saw people wounded and covered in blood. Everyone was drenched in blood, especially their faces. Some were screaming and some were crying, while others were on the phone, calling ambulances.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  7. “For me, to hear a military correspondent speak was an entirely new experience. I had never even seen a military correspondent with my own eyes. Many people attended the event, which had a very warm and friendly atmosphere. There were even some of Tatarsky’s fans in attendance — people who were well acquainted with his work. One young woman said that she had written the military correspondent many letters and sent him photographs. He recognized her. She asked if she could bring a special gift up to the stage. The military correspondent acquiesced, and the gift turned out to be a bust of Vladlen Tatarsky himself. Everyone was impressed by the bust, which was covered in gold paint. The young lady was thanked and given a standing ovation. I then invited her to take the spare seat next to me, by the front of the stage.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  8. “Upon my arrival in Saint Petersburg, I was provided lodging in a hotel and given assistance with obtaining documents establishing my legal status in Russia. They also provided me with food, clothing, housing and money, as I had been deported while still wearing my work uniform — I had been deported straight from my workplace. Since I ended up in another country, I began to look for other sources of information in order to understand what was happening. In Estonia and in Europe they say one thing, whereas what we hear in Russia is completely different. That is how, on 2 April, I ended up at an event in a café in Saint Petersburg a with a military correspondent, Vladlen Tatarsky. When I arrived at the event, I took a seat close to the stage, in advance, so that I could potentially meet the participants.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source

  9. “My name is Sergey Ivanovich Chaulin. I am a humble heating engineer from Estonia. In my spare time, I was involved in human rights activities back home, fighting for the freedoms of assembly and speech, for the right to receive education in one’s native language and for the traditional family values that my parents taught me back in Soviet times. For all those reasons, on 14 February, I was deported from Estonia, having been denied the opportunity to even call my lawyer or relatives. By doing so, the Estonian authorities violated all existing international norms and agreements regarding stateless persons. I had an alien passport, and I was a stateless person, a fact that brings shame upon Europe. Despite the fact that the Russian side had no obligation to host me, I was hosted and received in Russia.”

    2023-07-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9390 (2023) · source