Major General Safonov on Armenian separatism. About scum by the name of Safonov General Safonov Vladislav Nikolaevich biography

News-Azerbaijan. Armenian propagandists work hard to pretend to be objective, but they do it very badly. Even a cursory glance at the Armenian media shows that they recognize only those who sing to their tune, while those who tell the truth about the events in Karabakh are insulted in every possible way, campaigned against them and even threatened with death. So it was with the military commandant of Karabakh, Major General Vladislav Safonov. In 1990, the terrorists of the ASALA organization tried to kill him, the Armenian media call him names, not so long ago, one of the Armenian propaganda newspapers called on the Armenian youth of Russia to kill him. Apparently, the Armenians are terribly afraid of what he might tell. And he can tell a lot about how it all began in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“If we talk about the situation in Karabakh in 1990, there were many emissaries sent there, however, this is not surprising. Zori Balayan and others worked there to undermine the existing system. Complaints were written against me, and I, in turn, made reports on colleges, telling who promotes nationalism, terrorism and incitement," Vladislav Safonov told reporters.

According to him, in those days, events of a republican scale were held in Khankendi, for example, congresses of agriculture, railway transport, and so on. People from all regions of Azerbaijan came to Khankendi. Although Safonov was afraid of provocations, the territory at that time was free, everyone could move freely, anyone coming from Baku could go anywhere.

"The outbreak of the conflict was the impending collapse of the Soviet Union. Not only I think so, but everyone who was there. Karabakh was a testing ground for the collapse of the USSR. They checked whether the authorities could withstand it or not. Everything that happened there was due to impotence authorities not only of the USSR, but also of the republican ones. Only during my stay there 3 presidents were replaced, I saw the shortcomings of all of them in Karabakh issues," the major general said.

Vladislav Safonov also recalled how the authorities at that time did practically nothing to prevent a collision.

“At our request, the deputy chairman of the KGB made a decision to isolate. Then the Alpha group arrived, it was the most prepared group. We made a list of those who are engaged in obvious subversive activities. Everything was prepared, we spent three or four days in isolation in order to avoid leakage We waited for the consent from above to start the operation, but it never came," the major general said.

When Vladislav Safonov left his post in December, he spoke at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan. I handed over all the intelligence about the armed formations, the entire intelligence report. The President of Azerbaijan at that time was Ayaz Mutallibov, and according to Safonov, it was clear that Azerbaijan was completely unprepared for resistance.

"The Armenians were actively engaged in propaganda activities. The Karabakh newspaper was published in Khankendi. I tried to counteract the forgery, I made sure that the commandant's message was placed on the first page of the newspaper. However, slander was still often printed in the newspaper. We investigated everything, and refutations were also published in the newspaper ," said Vladislav Safonov.

Due to the active opposition to the Armenian terrorists, tons of slops were poured out on Major General Safonov in the media. Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarov, the so-called "diplomat" from the separatist regime of Karabakh, calls Safonov in his book "Armenian Pinochet", of course, without citing any facts against him, only unfounded accusations. Safonov was intimidated, before his speech at the 28th Congress of the CPSU, Armenian agents approached him and threatened that if he spoke, he would be in big trouble. An attempt was made on him, then Colonel Blakhotin was killed by mistake. However, Vladislav Nikolayevich himself believes that there was no mistake, and thus they wanted to scare him.

“When I was retired, the Armenians tried to file a complaint against me for allegedly committing criminal and procedural violations. innocence."

Safonov was and remains a very uncomfortable figure for the Armenians. Occupying the post of commandant of Karabakh, he studied its history. The Armenians constantly tried to slip him certain archaeological finds, called them "holy Artsakh stones" left over from certain buildings. After their study, it most often turned out that the structure dates back to 1905-1906, and not to the XIV-XV centuries, as the Armenians tried to imagine.

“Armenians constantly carried out provocations. Once I flew in to get information about a detained helicopter. The female passengers immediately rushed to my feet, began to kiss my boots and complained. "because he was transporting weapons, the women there were only a front."

The major general also said that the well-known human rights activist Galina Starovoitova, who periodically came to Karabakh and tried to pull off provocations, was very sympathetic to the Armenians. However, thanks to clear and timely actions, provocations were prevented. Therefore, at one time at a session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the offended Starovoitova stated that the attempt on Safonov was not committed by Armenian terrorists, but by the so-called "people's avengers."

Chinara Guliyeva

BAKU, April 4 - Sputnik, Alexandra Zueva. The upper echelons of the Soviet and Azerbaijani authorities did not make the right decision on the situation in Shusha, said Major General Vladislav Safonov, the first commandant of the NKAR special situation area.

He stated this during a press conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the events in Nagorno-Karabakh, held at the Sputnik Azerbaijan multimedia press center.

The event was attended by the first commandant of the special situation area of the NKAO (Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region of the Azerbaijan SSR), Major General Vladislav Safonov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for Police and Operations (in 1981-1989), Major General Kamil Mammadov, as well as the Director Center for the History of the Caucasus, senior researcher at the Institute of Law and Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Rizvan Huseynov.

Safonov said that he left Karabakh on December 12, 1990. According to him, until 1991, the territory of Stepanakert (present-day Khankendi) and other territories adjacent to it were mostly cleared of Armenian gangs. And no military and provocative speeches were allowed there.

"We carried out operations to open caches with weapons and ammunition, weapons and military uniforms were confiscated from the local population. Among all this, there were foreign weapons," he said.

The general also said that Viktor Polyanichko, who then headed the special administration committee and, according to Safonov, was not sufficiently appreciated in Azerbaijan, held events of a republican scale in Stepanakert. For example, a congress of workers in agriculture, railway transport, and so on was held there. That is, people from all regions of Azerbaijan came to Stepanakert.

According to him, the arriving people went everywhere: “For me, this was a big headache, because I was afraid of provocations. Well, the visiting people were interested in everything, they went everywhere, looked at how the situation was. So this territory was absolutely free everyone could move freely."

The former commandant of Karabakh noted that the upcoming collapse of the Soviet Union served as an outbreak for the start of the Karabakh conflict. Karabakh was a testing ground for the collapse of the USSR. They practiced on it - the Soviet power will withstand or not withstand. Everything that happened in Karabakh came from the impotence of the authorities not only of the Soviet Union, but also of the republican authorities.

"During my stay in Karabakh, only in the Azerbaijan SSR, three leaders have changed (Kamryan Bagirov, Ayaz Mutalibov, Abdurakhman Vezirov - ed.). And I saw what shortcomings each of them had in the Karabakh issue," Safonov said.

In addition, according to him, Yerevan emissaries were also sent to Karabakh at that time. Among them were people's deputies from Karabakh, among them Zori Balayan, who carried out work there on the decomposition of the existing system and order. The general said that these people wrote complaints against the commandant, on which he later had to report twice to the collegiums of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And to explain who contributed to nationalism, incitement, incitement and bloodshed.

He also noted that at that time he was even nicknamed "Rock-General" or "Iron General", which was largely due to the myth that developed due to the fact that he did not try to be cunning and did what was prescribed in a difficult situation. law and statutes. That is, strictly follow what was supposed to commandants.

"Some tried to play along with someone somewhere. I strictly followed the law. I strictly asked for the implementation of instructions and, regardless of the political color that was presented, I did what was prescribed, and most importantly, prescribed by the Constitution. Indivisibility, unity of territories each republic and the Soviet Union as a whole is an indestructible thing. And no matter how they tried to historically justify that Nagorno-Karabakh does not belong to Azerbaijan, but to Armenia, I did not pay attention to it," the general stressed.

Safonov also said that at the request of him and his team, the deputy chairman of the KGB of the USSR, a decision was made to isolate persons engaged in obvious anti-Soviet activities. For this, the Alfa group even came to Karabakh.

“We waited three or four days, not allowing any leaks about our plans. We were waiting for consent to this operation to be sent down from above. Consent was not received,” he said.

According to the general, his dismissal was due to both the presence of a large number of spiteful critics, and the fact that one man in the field is not a warrior. He told how, before leaving Karabakh in December 1990, he spoke at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan. During his speech, Safonov brought to the attention of the audience all the intelligence data on how the Armenian side is preparing, what kind of mobilized formations they have, what weapons and equipment they have.

"I issued the entire full intelligence report at that meeting, which was also attended by the then president of the country, Ayaz Mutalibov. But I also said that the Azerbaijani side is not preparing for resistance at all," he stressed.

The general also touched upon Shushi in his speech at the conference. According to him, then he and his team were active supporters of the fact that Azerbaijanis - refugees from Yerevan, settled in Baku - received land in these territories. And they called to help these people so that they could build houses and equip their lives.

At the same time, according to Safonov, they advocated that protection be organized for these families there. But this was not done for the families who arrived in Shusha, no additional units were sent. Since then the Minister of Internal Affairs Mammad Asadov relied on the newly created OMON units.

“He assured that all issues would be resolved. And then I warned that they would not help in any way there, that these guys were cannon fodder. But no other decision was made in the upper echelons. And further events that followed after my departure showed themselves that nothing can be done on patriotism and desire alone. We need professional training," Safonov concluded.

In turn, Major General Kamil Mammadov noted that the Karabakh events began on February 12, 1988: "We could never imagine that such a situation could arise. Baku has always been a hospitable city. Armenians, Georgians, and Azerbaijanis lived here ", both Jews and Russians. No one has ever divided anyone by nationality. Each nation believed in its own God, but obeyed the law."

The general said that he arrived in Karabakh on February 13. On the square between the district committee and the regional executive committee that day a crowd of about two hundred or three hundred people gathered. And everyone was chanting miatsum. They demanded separation from Azerbaijan and reunification with Armenia.

“It was all incomprehensible to me then. We were not ready for such a situation. I then informed Baku that the Armenian population of Karabakh was hostile, they demanded reunification with Armenia. And the reason for this, according to them, is the low standard of living in Karabakh. This was the main argument on which the Armenian side then relied,” he said.

Mammadov also showed the audience a number of documents, newspaper clippings on the Karabakh events during the press conference. In addition, the major-general acquainted the journalists with the map he seized in those years from an Armenian prisoner of war.

On this map, according to him, the same "Great Armenia from sea to sea" is depicted. And also the fact that in those years the zone of predatory interests of Armenians included not only Karabakh, but also Baku and Tbilisi.

Then Safonov took the floor, adding to what was said that in Karabakh at that time the population was about 167 thousand people, among whom only 20% were Azerbaijanis. And the standard of living in Karabakh then was quite good. But the fact is that it was the majority of these 20% of the Azerbaijanis who were there who lived not in Stepanakert itself, but outside it, in the villages.

According to him, it was these people who had very difficult conditions. It was almost a primitive way of life. He said that people lived practically in dugouts, so miserable and beggarly that it shocked visitors.

“Therefore, later I took guides to these villages to show how poor Azerbaijanis live. So that they can see with their own eyes who is a beggar in Nagorno-Karabakh. Mutalibov even came there three times,” Safonov said.

The conference ended with a speech by the director of the Center for the History of the Caucasus, Rizvan Huseynov, who recalled that this year marks two years since the April events. According to him, in those days, the Azerbaijani army achieved a certain success. Some territories of Azerbaijan were liberated from occupation.

"The Azerbaijani army carried out a large-scale offensive with new forces. If in the 90s there was a completely different preparation, now we have seen a synthesis of the old school with the new," he said.

The April events changed both the negotiation process and the philosophy of understanding by the Armenian side of what their "miatsum" turned out to be thirty years later, Huseynov concluded.

This material can help the FSB and the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia to find the killers of Viktor Polyanichko, the former second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, head of the Organizing Committee for Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the site, Vesti.Az publishes another material about the "exploits" of Armenian terrorists.

“The publication by the editors of a series of materials and photo reports on the “exploits” of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh at the turn of the 80-90s of the last century, which were presented to us by former employees of the KGB of the Azerbaijan SSR for the NKAR and the military commandant's office, as well as a meeting of the author (Bakhram Batyev) these lines with the former military commandant of the State of Emergency, Major General Vladislav Nikolayevich Safonov, who lives in Volgograd, during which the retired general shared his memories of the years of service in the first "hot spot" of the former USSR, caused psychosis and insanity in the Armenian side, accompanied by acute attacks neuralgia of the sciatic nerve.

It is understandable - you cannot argue against the facts and evidence of the criminal activities of Armenians in Karabakh. However, there is one site roaming around on the armnet, the name of which even many of our Armenian colleagues disdain to pronounce aloud, and therefore they call it none other than “Psychopath.Info”. This site is headed by Lyova Shakhnazarov, who is firmly entrenched in the nickname “Kirovabad loshped”, although he likes to call himself “Prince Serene”. And it was this site that decided to go against the truth and feed its “truth” to its readers in the article “On scum named Safonov” that appeared today (http://voskanapat.info/?p=9247). It is not difficult to guess that this “truth” turned out to be turned upside down and was abundantly supported by curses and insults against Vladislav Nikolayevich, which indicates the impotence of the authors of the “labor” and those who stand behind Psychopath.Info.

Let's start with the title. Rather, with an insult to the retired general. First of all, I want to say the following: whatever General Safonov was for the Armenians in the late 80s, now he is an elderly man and it is simply inhumane to write about him like that. The best thing for the Armenians after reading our materials based on the memoirs of the general would be to just remain silent. And if you have already decided to express your point of view on Safonov's memoirs, then do not stoop to insulting an elderly person. In criticizing one's opponents, the transition to such insults is a demonstration, first of all, of one's moral level. Although, what kind of morality and ethics am I talking about, if we are talking about the site of the Kirovabad loshped?

Further. “Undisguisedly greedy for bribes, weighed down by numerous vices, including an uncontrollable craving for alcohol and gluttony, having neither conscience, nor officer honor, nor moral principles, this bastard in uniform was just perfect for the role of the first friend of the Transcaucasian Turks. And really something, but these guys have a unique flair for unmistakable calculation in the ranks of numerous military and civilian officials, politicians, journalists, and so on, unprincipled individuals like Safonov, ”writes Psychopath.Info.

Here, in response to accusations of bribery, I would like to cite the words of General Safonov himself, which he said in one of his interviews to the author of these lines: decency are the accusations of the Armenians that the Azerbaijanis gave you bribes.” That is, if I took even a penny from the Armenians, they would immediately trumpet to the whole world that General Safonov took millions from them for non-interference. But they remain silent to this day. They did not even try to give me a bribe, because they knew perfectly well that I would not have taken it under any circumstances. I waged an uncompromising war. But, he did not lead it with the Armenian people, by no means. I led it with separatists, extremists and bandits.”

As for the Armenian nonsense that the Azerbaijanis bribed someone in Karabakh in the late 80s, I would like to remind the Armenian hacks that in those years there was no Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, there was no Baku consortium of Western oil companies, and the government of Azerbaijan did not have the money not only to bribe “numerous military and civil officials, politicians, journalists”, but even to equip the 250,000 refugees expelled from Armenia.

“And it is not at all surprising that for his numerous crimes against the Armenian people, the executioner in uniform was elected a delegate of the 28th Congress of the CPSU from Azerbaijan, joining his friends-accomplices - the chairman of the republican organizing committee for the NKAO V. Polyanichko and the chairman of the regional department of the KGB E. Voiko,” writes Psychopath-Info.

Here I would like to remind you that if General Safonov had committed some crimes in Karabakh, then this would certainly not have gone unnoticed by the prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the KGB of the USSR. And since neither during his stay in the NKAO, nor after returning to Rostov or Volgograd, a criminal case was initiated and he was not brought to criminal responsibility, the accusations of the psychopaths against him are unfounded.

Now, regarding the election of General Safonov as a delegate to the XXVIII Congress of the CPSU from Azerbaijan. He was indeed elected a delegate from Azerbaijan, but from the residents of the Kelbajar region, whom he saved more than once from the massacre by Armenian militants. It was a kind of gratitude from the people of Kalbajar who were in the blockade, and there is nothing shameful and even more so illegal in this. I do not want to draw parallels here, especially since there are none, but the question arises: why did the Armenians elect the late Galina Starovoitova as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from Armenia? Certainly not for beautiful eyes, but for the fact that this cemetery crow was fed from the hands of Armenians and lobbied for the interests of the Karabakh separatists in Moscow.

“This is how the honest Soviet officer Viktor Krovopuskov, who served in Artsakh and later wrote the book Rebellious Karabakh, a collection of memories of that time, characterized Safonov,” continues Psychopath-Info.

As you can see, a rather characteristic typo - "Krovopuskov" instead of Krivopuskov.

And again we will give the answer of General Safonov to the question of the author of these lines regarding Krivopuskov: “Did you have to deal with betrayal at that time? For example, in his book "Rebellious Karabakh", Viktor Krivopuskov, the chief of staff of the investigative group of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs in the NKAO, openly talks about how his group hid from you the leaders of the Karabakh underground Kocharyan, Balayan, Sargsyan and Ghukasyan. He even steamed with them in the same sauna, while your employees were looking for them to arrest. Did you know about it?

- Yes, there were investigative-operational groups of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. Their composition was constantly changing. There were also honest employees who conscientiously performed their work, and there were also those who openly or covertly sympathized with the Karabakh underground. Yes, Krivopuskov published a book in which he criticizes me and Polyanichko. Well, what can you do with it. There was betrayal, of course. After all, they were employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they had to observe the rule of law in the NKAR. If you have any political views, then you should have quit law enforcement and engaged in politics, and not secretly met with the leadership of the Karabakh underground, not provided them with secret assistance.”

It is known about Krivopuskov that in 1990-1991, being the chief of staff of the investigative-operational group of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan SSR, he secretly supplied the Karabakh separatists with information about certain operational activities of the military commandant's office and military personnel of the Internal Troops Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, aimed at preventing separatism in this first "hot spot" on the territory of the Union. In his book “Rebellious Karabakh”, he tells about his secret meetings with Zori Balayan, with whom he “turned out to be like-minded not only in assessing many events in Karabakh, but also in opinions on various political, geopolitical, philosophical and simply life problems.” And this is at the moment when the law enforcement agencies of the USSR were looking for this fascist unfortunate writer. V. Krivopuskov openly admits in his book that “in the daytime, our meetings could cause undesirable assessments for both sides in the Organizing Committee for the NKAR, the commandant’s office of the RCP” - structures created by the allied Center and Baku to prevent interethnic clashes initiated by Armenian separatists.

He also openly admits that he steamed in the sauna with Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan and Arkady Ghukasyan, the main criminals of Karabakh, about how he warned the gang underground about the preparations for Operation Ring. Naturally, by no means free of charge and not because of sympathy for Armenian separatism, but for hard cash. And this, according to Psychopath-Info, is “honest Soviet officer Viktor Krovopuskov”? Armenians have a strange idea of honesty and officer honor.

A photograph specially selected for “labor”, which depicts General Safonov, Viktor Polyanichko, First Secretary of the Shusha District Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan Jafarov and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan Matvey Raduev with glasses in their hands, is accompanied by an insulting statement - “incorruptible and incorruptible”. The hint of "long-suffering" is understandable, they say, "drunks" who live on the money of Azerbaijanis. Well, the former answerer of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Azerbaijan SSR, in 1990-1991, an informal assistant to the chairman of the Republican Organizing Committee for the NKAR V. Polyanichko, Seyran Mirzoev, spoke quite extensively about this photo: “I also want to emphasize that during my work with Polyanichko I have never seen him drink alcohol.

I should note one very significant detail: Viktor Petrovich had a whole bunch of diseases (hypertension, diabetes, heart arrhythmia, kidney stones). And on the Internet there is a photograph in which the 1st secretary of the Shusha district committee of the party Jafarov, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan Matvey Raduev, commandant of the NKAO General Safonov and Viktor Polyanichko are depicted with glasses in their hands. So, in a glass he had mineral water, which I myself poured into it.” Safonov did not abuse alcohol either - the inhabitants of Karabakh never saw him in a state of intoxication.

And finally, the last one. “In August 1993, news reached the war criminal about the execution of his first friend and another favorite of the gold-toothed Baku public, Viktor Polyanichko. Polyanichko's motorcade was shot on August 1, 1993 in the mountains of Ossetia. Since then, the former Karabakh military commandant, having once again secretly changed his place of residence and cut off all ties, has not appeared in public again.

Safonov allows himself rare intimate conversations on the phone only with the woolen envoys of the Caspian Sea, with whom he generously shares his memories of his “heroic” deeds of that time. And then these intimate conversations in the form of interviews find a place on Azerbaijani propaganda sites, in which the corrupt creature invariably appears as an “uncompromising and incorruptible” guardian of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.” Here he is, "ordered from Lebanon", a bastard, a sycophant and a war criminal, who did not save the unfortunate terrestrial integrity of the Transcaucasian Turks. The Armenian verdict on a corrupt creature turned out to be worse than a death sentence. To drag out a miserable existence for decades, hiding under your own bed, afraid of your own shadow, shaking by your worthless skin and every minute expecting a bullet in the belly - what better punishment could you think of for a cowardly and dishonest bastard? writes Psychopath-Info.

Read these lines, dear readers! Get a grasp of the prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, and the investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia, and the heads of the FSB. They acknowledge that the still unsolved murder of Viktor Polyanichko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in August 1993, was the work of Armenians. It is known that "Psychopath-Info" is closely tied to the National Security Service of Armenia, which leaks information to the Kirovabad loshped. And who, if not the National Security Service of Armenia, knows that the murder of Viktor Polyanichko was carried out by regular killers of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, specially sent to North Ossetia. Thus, they carried out the sentence handed down by Polyanichko for his uncompromising fight against Armenian separatism in Nagorno-Karabakh. The confession of "Psychopath-Info" may serve as a reason for the resumption of the criminal case initiated on the fact of the murder of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko.

As for the fact that General Safonov was allegedly afraid of the Armenian revenge and is hiding from prying eyes, here we see a blatant lie and an attempt to wishful thinking. In July of this year, the author of these lines (or, as they say on Psychopath, the woolen envoy of the Caspian Sea) personally met General Safonov in Volgograd.

But this elderly general does not at all give the impression of a frightened person hiding from anyone. On the contrary, he moves freely around his native city, meets people, and does not look around. He has nothing and no one to fear. And who should be afraid of - the Armenians? They themselves are still afraid of him, despite the fact that he left Nagorno-Karabakh in December 1990. And the article on "Psychopath" is a clear confirmation of this. They are afraid to even approach him, let alone commit illegal acts against him. The Armenians are well aware that the retired general is under the reliable protection of the Russian special services, and if something happens to him, the Russians will immediately hang the Armenians in one place. And it will hurt.

Therefore, the "long-suffering" can only proceed from impotent malice and write malicious and offensive scribbles on such marginal and miserable sites as "Psychopath-Info". Is it possible to come up with a better punishment for the Armenians than to watch the life of a retired Russian general, who, during the years of service in Karabakh, forced the Karabakh Armenians to recognize that the NKAO belongs to Azerbaijan, and not dare to approach him even a step?

One of these people is Major General, the first commandant of the special situation area of the NKAO (Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region of the Azerbaijan SSR) Vladislav Nikolaevich Safonov. For loyalty to his official duty, for incorruptibility, for courage and adherence to principles, Vladislav Nikolayevich was called the "Iron General" behind his back. From the very beginning of the conflict in 1988, Vladislav Safonov made a great contribution to the defense of Azerbaijani lands from Armenian occupation. Thanks to him, it was possible to ensure stability in Nagon-Karabakh and avoid great bloodshed.

According to Eurasia Diary, at the invitation of the President of the International Eurasia Press Foundation (IEPF) Umud Mirzaev, Vladislav Safonov visited the office of the IEPF.

During the meeting, Umud Mirzayev informed the guest about the activities of the foundation, international cooperation, and also spoke about successfully implemented projects in the regions of the country affected by the war.

Vladislav Safonov spoke about the situation that prevailed in Karabakh at the very beginning of the conflict, also recalled how the authorities at that time did practically nothing to prevent a clash.

The general got acquainted with the activities of the international information and analytical portal "Eurasia Dairy". At the end of the meeting, Vladislav Safonov gave an extensive interview to Eurasia Dairy, in which he spoke in detail about how the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict developed.

In the coming days, a detailed interview with Major General Vladislav Safonov will be released. Follow the news and you will learn a lot about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

There are people in the world who at first glance inspire persistent disgust. All their life and activity, all their deeds seem to cry out: “I am a scoundrel!” One of these types was the former Major General Vladislav Safonov, who during the years of the national liberation movement of the Artsakh Armenians was the military commander of the state of emergency in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region and adjacent regions.

It is a type, because it is impossible to call this creature a man even with a big stretch. Unconcealedly greedy for bribes, weighed down by numerous vices, including an uncontrollable craving for alcohol and gluttony, having neither conscience, nor officer honor, nor moral principles, this bastard in uniform was simply perfect for the role of the first friend of the Transcaucasian Turks. And really something, but these guys have a unique flair for unmistakable calculation in the ranks of numerous military and civil officials, politicians, journalists, and so on, unprincipled individuals like Safonov. In those years, the company of the conductors of the Azerbaijani genocidal national policy against the Armenians of Artsakh crept up marvelous: Polyanichko, Voiko, Kondratyev and other riff-raff, going out of their way to please their Baku sponsors, not shunning any crimes.

Appointed to his position and overwhelmed with money, gifts and offerings from the gold-toothed envoys of the Caspian Sea, a type in uniform, endowed with unlimited power in the complete absence of control by the generals of the Gorbachev era, in a short time turned Artsakh into a real likeness of one huge concentration camp, where national laws were systematically and massively violated. , civil and human rights of the indigenous Armenian population, where state terror has become the norm, accompanied by flagrant arbitrariness, arrests without trial or investigation, kidnappings for ransom, bullying, including women and children, torture, reprisals, executions and murders in the middle of day. Where only the armed rabble, dressed in the uniform of the Azerbaijani OMON, felt great. And only he ruled the court - the commandant Safonov. And it is not at all surprising that for his numerous crimes against the Armenian people, the executioner in uniform was elected a delegate of the 28th Congress of the CPSU from Azerbaijan, joining his friends-accomplices - the chairman of the republican organizing committee for the NKAR V. Polyanichko and the chairman of the regional department of the KGB E. Voiko .

This is how the honest Soviet officer Viktor Krivopuskov, who served in Artsakh and later wrote the book "Rebellious Karabakh" - a collection of memories of that time, characterized Safonov.

“The commandant of the state of emergency area, General Safonov, serves Polyanichko with blind devotion, which means he fulfills any instructions for Baku. By the way, it is known that the general is fairly appeased by the Azerbaijani leadership with expensive gifts. Looking at them, many of their subordinates try to keep up.”

Or another such eloquent moment:

“Why doesn’t the commandant’s office stop the actions of illegal Azerbaijani formations on the territory of the state of emergency?” I asked Colonel Shevelev.

A meaningful nod towards the office of General Safonov followed.

With all this, despite the enormous power and unlimited military capabilities, the nit could not even step on Armenian soil without numerous guards, living in the former reception house of the Nagorno-Karabakh regional committee of the CPSU behind a triple military cordon.

But everything in the world, both good and bad, ends sooner or later. And at the end of November 1990, with the release from the duties of the commandant of the state of emergency, the era of Safon rule in Artsakh ended. And after the loss of his post, Safonov was not needed by the Transcaucasian Turks either.

However, as the war criminal Safonov himself admitted, "Armenians never forget those who do evil to them."

On April 8, 1991, in Rostov-on-Don, short bursts of machine guns sounded, killing the Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs Blakhotin on the spot. However, the shooters were mistaken: the bullets intended for the Karabakh executioner Safonov did not reach the addressee. Safonov himself, who perfectly understood that he should have been in Blakhotin's place, tearfully demanded additional security for himself and stopped leaving the house. However, a year passed, the second, everything was quiet, and Safonov's rabbit heart began to calm down a little: what if everything was over and they forgot about him? However, in August 1993, news reached the war criminal about the execution of his first friend and another favorite of the gold-toothed Baku public - Viktor Polyanichko. Polyanichko's motorcade was shot on August 1, 1993 in the mountains of Ossetia.

Since then, the former Karabakh military commandant, having once again secretly changed his place of residence and cut off all ties, has not appeared in public again. Safonov allows himself rare intimate conversations on the phone only with the woolen envoys of the Caspian Sea, with whom he generously shares his memories of his “heroic” deeds of that time. And then these heartfelt conversations in the form of interviews find a place on Azerbaijani propaganda sites, in which the corrupt creature invariably appears as an "uncompromising and incorruptible" guardian of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

Let's listen to the boastful revelations of the Volgograd recluse. Longing for “bread” positions, heroic lies, undisguised Armenophobia and racist ideology, a cheeky semi-criminal tone - all this says a lot about the moral character of the Soviet general, who of his own free will became a war criminal. I will probably refuse to comment on his revelations. And I leave the conclusions to you.

“I always feel joy when they call me from Baku. Azerbaijanis are a wonderful, kind people. And they (Armenians - P.) did not even try to bribe me.

I gave Azerbaijan part of my soul, part of my heart. I even suggested to Mutalibov that I be appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, I was ready to stay in Azerbaijan and help the republic in Nagorno-Karabakh with all my might. But my proposal didn't go through. All posts have already been scheduled, to whom and how they will get.

General Voiko and I were invited to the congress (I Congress of World Azerbaijanis, held in Baku - P.). We were received by Geidar Alievich himself.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, Colonel-General Shatalin, was married to an Armenian woman. This explained his position in the Karabakh issue. His instructions, orders and actions were directed in favor of the Armenians.
Polyanichko and I managed to achieve some success.
Khankendi (Stepanakert - P.) is an Azerbaijani city, Nagorno-Karabakh is the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR, and this is beyond doubt.

Once I was informed that the mutilated body of an Azerbaijani boy had been found not far from Shusha. I took the child in my arms and took him to Shusha, to the doctors (presumably, no one figured out to take the mythical boy to the hospital before Safonov arrived - P.). We arrive in Shusha, and there is already a crowd of Azerbaijanis. Someone has an ax in their hands, someone has rods. I understood their condition and therefore turned to them with a request to make way and give me the opportunity to carry the child to the doctors. People parted, and I brought the child to the hospital. Fortunately, the doctors managed to save the boy, and the Azerbaijanis did not go to sack the Armenian village.

Or one day they tell me that a helicopter has arrived from Armenia. It turned out that the deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Galina Starovoitova had arrived. I realized that they came to stir up in the area. I ask her why she flew in from Armenia, for what purpose she showed up, and whether Baku gave permission for her arrival. Starovoitova in response began to shout that she was supposedly a deputy of the union parliament, and Baku did not have a decree for her. Then I take her by the scruff of the neck, shove her into my UAZ and take her to the commandant's office. All the way she screamed and threatened to take off my shoulder straps and bring me to justice. I brought her to the commandant's office, took her to my office. Look, it's all gone. So I did not let her into Karabakh.

Shatalin, then commander of the Internal Troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, who married an Armenian woman, drank a lot of blood to me.

I was "ordered". Killers must leave Lebanon to eliminate me. For a whole month, KGB officers were on duty in my apartment, and servicemen of the internal troops guarded the house on Mira Street.

Here he is, "ordered from Lebanon", a bastard, a sycophant and a war criminal, who did not save the unfortunate terrestrial integrity of the Transcaucasian Turks. The Armenian verdict on a corrupt creature turned out to be worse than a death sentence. To drag out a miserable existence for decades, hiding under your own bed, afraid of your own shadow, shaking behind your worthless skin and every minute expecting a bullet in the belly - what better punishment could you think of for a cowardly and dishonorable bastard?

In a photograph from Victor Krovopuskov's book "Rebellious Karabakh", the "incorruptible and incorruptible" commandant of the NKAR Safonov and the chairman of the Azerbaijani organizing committee Polyanichko are fighting for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. In this they are assisted by the first secretary of the Shusha district committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Jafarov, and the deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani Council of Ministers, Raduev.