Our questions were answered by a member of the resistance movement with the call sign Chek from the Kuban Partisan Movement.
What kind of life would you be living if the war in Ukraine had not broken out?
Hello, I am from the KPD, my call sign is Chek. When the war started, I was living a normal life: work, family…
What was the moment when you decided there was no turning back? What triggered it?
The obvious contradictions between propaganda and the information I found online forced me to delve deeper into the issue, and detailed investigation shocked me. Corruption, the police brutality we had grown accustomed to, corrupt judges, impoverished elderly people, sick children—that was the reality, the established norm that made one feel sick. The war revealed the true bloody nature of the KGB regime.
I didn’t know what to do. How to help the people in Ukraine. I had to search the internet, then I found information about the KPD, about people fighting against the Putin regime. I wrote to them and they replied. After I studied the security protocol and passed the interview, I received my first task.
Since then, I have been part of the resistance; I am on the team.
Kuban Partisan Movement
Кубанское партизанское движение
A partisan initiative from Kuban fighting against the Putin regime. It has a number of successful operations to its credit, whether independently or in cooperation with other groups.
What is the most important thing the resistance movement has given you?
I can be honest with my conscience.
What message do you want to send to people in the West who will be reading this interview?
In our age of information overload, it must be difficult for people in the West to understand what is truly happening—our opposition members argue, dream of elections, and essentially have their heads in the clouds. Attention must be focused on the real struggle, the struggle with weapons in hand. Otherwise, the regime will not be overthrown.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I hope that in five years I will be surrounded by people close to me and celebrating the fifth anniversary of Putin’s death 😁.
What do you need to defeat the regime?
To win, we must act. Glory to Ukraine! Kuban will be free!
Before the war, Chek worked for the police; he has four children. He has been part of the Kuban Partisan Movement practically since its founding.
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