Roman Vasilishin is a political scientist from Ukraine who is distinguished by his sharp anti-American views. As an analyst, he opposes the manifestations of globalization and gives tough assessments of the events taking place now in the homeland. In addition, he acts as the author of several books and is the editor of an analytical bulletin called “Control Shot”.
Roman Vasilishin: biography. Political scientist and public figure
This man is from Ukraine. He grew up in a simple family, far from politics. Roman Vasilishin, whose biography began in the city of Lutsk, was born in 1962. The future political analyst received his first higher education at the Dnepropetrovsk Medical Institute. After that, he graduated from the State Academy of Management under the President of Ukraine.
In 2000, Roman Vasilishin successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on public administration. Since 1989, he has been actively involved in the domestic politics of Ukraine. He was a member of the People’s Movement. In 2001, this person was appointed director of the Social Action Fund. Also, for a long time he was a member of the Great Ukraine party and was a member of its Central Council.
Political Views
From numerous statements and speeches, it becomes clear that Roman Vasilishin is an adherent of radical politics. He calls himself "a principally politically incorrect xenophobe-internationalist." In published works and numerous interviews, Vasilishin allows himself quite harsh statements, calling people from professions such as sociologists, journalists and political scientists, the usual "parasites and parasites."
Such manifestations as democracy and tolerance, according to Vasilishin, are "the highest manifestation of social idiocy." Giving an assessment of historical facts, he says that the Stalinist repressions in the 30s were a great blessing for the Soviet people, since the extermination of the creative intelligentsia helped delay the coming to power of liberals for almost 50 years.
Assessing his work and statements, many call Vasilishin an apologist for social violence, since he calls the civil war the only possible solution to the current crisis in Ukraine.
Popularity on the Internet
Roman Vasilishin, editor-in-chief of the “Control Shot”, gained popularity on the Internet and became recognizable after he began to conduct this analytical program. Records of his performances are posted on YouTube and collect thousands of views. During his program, he mainly covers events in Ukraine, criticizing the current government and predicting the imminent economic collapse of this country.
He considers the start of a civil war inevitable for residents of post-Soviet countries, including Ukraine, because, judging from his words, this is the only way to achieve social justice in the state.
Roman Nikandrovich as an author
Together with Igor Berkut in 2009, Roman Vasilishin released a book called “Brother,” which many critics called the scandalous bestseller. Despite the slight humor present, this book is openly political in nature. The Aurora publishing house, which published this work, described it as belonging to the genre of artistic political analytics.
The book was positioned as a work that should be of interest to security officers, specialists in the field of international relations, civil and military persons interested in international politics. The authors recommended reading it to categories of people who are related to the work of special forces, conducting various military operations and the fight against international terrorism.
The book itself described hypothetically possible scenarios for the development of future military conflicts. Ukraine in this work is mainly viewed through the prism of Russian influence and, above all, through the prism of the interests of Vladimir Putin.
This is not to say that the book caused a great stir, but at the same time Vasilishin managed to win his readership.
"Brother 2"
After a short time, again in collaboration with Berkut, Roman Vasilishin released the next book, entitled "Brother 2". This time, the authors considered the fate of Ukraine in the interests of its second "brother" - the United States. The book has a pronounced anti-American attitude. The American government is criticized on its pages, which, according to the authors, imagines itself to be "the most influential and organized group of earthlings" and now, in spite of everything, is trying to control the entire space of the Earth. The authors point out that to achieve total control, Americans use all available resources: from the capture of information space to political influence.
The fate of Ukraine in this work is considered solely as a toy in the hands of the United States to confront Russia. The authors are considering the option of starting the Third World War, in which several countries with nuclear capabilities will take part. According to the described variant of the possible development of the conflict, a nuclear strike will be inevitable.
Other resonant works of Vasilishin
One of the works that triggered various reactions from those reading it was the book “In kind President”, which was dedicated to Viktor Yanukovych. It did not contain any bright compromising evidence on the president, but rather had an ironic character.
Many publishers refused to release it, and one of the explanations for such refusals was that the book contained a whole chapter devoted to the then-active Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko and, accordingly, criticism of him.
In collaboration with Alexander Omelchenko, the former Kiev mayor, Vasilishin managed to publish another of his books, entitled “Vryatuvati kraina” (“Save the Country”). This book was conceived as a kind of manifesto appeal to millions of Ukrainian citizens, whose goal was to reduce the level of social disappointment and strengthen people's faith in the possible economic growth of the state. To do this, the authors urged people to oppose the unpopular reforms carried out by the government.
All the books of Vasilishin, although they did not bring the expected result and did not lead people en masse to the revolutionary struggle, found their reader. Many appreciate him as an author for non-standard thinking and the ability to present very serious topics in an easy and sometimes humorous way.