[13:32:00 - 17:22:90] Yura's Political Engagements and Approach to People

So, it turns out that Yura had a very broad worldview, and he also was involved in politics. Please tell me, uh, about journalism, and literature, and art. Well, and he was also a politician in addition to all that. Please tell me a little about his, uh, uh, political life, about his approach to politics. Ah, Yura's entire political life was almost entirely connected with the Yabloko party. And his first deputyship was Yura as a deputy from the Luhansk region. And that was, uh, the very beginning of Yabloko, the very beginning of the nineties. Moreover, of course, Yura came to Yabloko also through his journalistic activity. Many journalists were in Yabloko, as in such a place of hope. And those, uh, people who organized Yabloko, these are, of course, uh, holy humanists, with a holy understanding that if everyone is given books, and everyone reads the right books, then everyone will immediately become good people. Yura had such a wonderful phrase: "There are no bad people." There are simply people on whom no time was spent to explain what is good and what is bad. Therefore, even the most vile scoundrel can be caught, talked to properly. And Yura also had a brilliant tactic, which was called, he said, like in the army: "Do as I do." That's how I live. You stand next to me and live that way too. I believe that it is right to do such deeds. You be nearby and do such deeds too. That's how we form our team. Yura said joyfully. Uh, and he laughed a lot, was very cheerful. In general, uh, this culture of, uh, feasting, culture of laughter, culture of openness. Never any pathos. Hmm, I will collect Yura's photographs from different times for you. You will simply be surprised by this light. And now, when they talk about how Georgia is a small country, it has a president, it has a parliament. And so, uh, the Georgian president is met in a shop with a string bag, in an economy-class shop, where he stands in line and buys something for himself, right? Then they meet some mayor of a very famous city in a small gym, he stopped by after work and also, well, gets himself in order a little. Yura lived like that too. That is, for him it was normal, uh, when he walked down the street, people would approach us. Uh-huh. And they would talk to him, ask him something. Yura answered everyone. That is, it was, as it were, natural, calm. Well, Yura said, well, how, how can I not answer? Well, well, they are, they are people, they, so to speak, they ask, it's important to them, attention is important. Well, how, how? I am, I am the state. And this is truly the state, the state is me. Well, in fact, his activity was always with hope. And he, you see, he was, uh, I will check later for sure, I might be confusing something. He was a deputy for almost four convocations in the Duma.