In the autumn of 2014, in an interview with the newspaper Zavtra, Strelkov said: Honestly speaking, I was not going to in any way, not to say that I was going to be a politician, but even to glow. I did a lot in Crimea, too. Negotiations on the surrender of the fleet headquarters I started, went there alone, talked with the whole staff. But the fact is, I haven't gone anywhere. Yeah, there's some Colonel in the pictures. I didn't say I was in the back or the back. To solve my tactical tasks, it was advantageous that I was considered acting. I didn’t say anywhere that I was acting. Just said, Colonel. Think about it. Well, I was thinking, some Colonel. The fact that I'm a stalker, knew a few people. Neither his name nor his name knew him. I also planned to take myself to Slavyansk. I was going to find a charismatic leader and help as an advisor. The first time I did that, so Pono-marev always flashed. Then things went differently. And I didn't find "no one to move as a political leader." And then the team just came to light up: Denis Pushilin1 will come from Donetsk, they told him completely to reap. Although I already burned all the bridges: I was there without documents, and all the fighters left documents when crossing the border, all this cut off opportunities for retreat as such in general. How only I walked on the body without a mask, without a balaclava