26.11.2007
After the Accident I Became 'Drunk Russian' - Staviski
How do you spend one day now?
I get up at 9.00 o‘clock. I have this knee injury in the moment, broken knee-cap, which unmoves me in addition and I must follow a diet. My daily activeness is quite decreased now, compared to before the accident. I go out rarely, it's hard for me to relax, to forget, to be like before...nothing is the same anymore, I feel when people stare at me, I haven't heard direct bad comments or something, I don't feel malice, but I can't stop wondering what the people think of me.
Do you believe that one day you will receive forgiveness?
It depends from who I ask for forgiveness. I don't expect it from the victims' relatives and close people.
Have you imagine, just for a second that you are going to prison?
Like every normal person, I don't want to think about that.
The famous Bulgarians always get away with it on the road. Is this means that the responsibility after that should be double?
I don't feel like I'll get away with it. I think that the responsibility shouldn't be double, but infinitely bigger.
Do you consider the media present your case objectively?
I realize that such an incident is a sensation. The lack of complete and detailed information unchains the media imagination and I can't accuse it. Almost all journalists called to us, asking for information, but we observed the prosecutor's demand for the investigation secret and refused to comment; in contrast to the prosecutor himself.
Do you feel more Russian or Bulgarian now?
I am Russian, but I have always being proud with my Bulgarian citizenship. I felt bad - when I win for Bulgaria I am Bulgarian Champion, after the incident, I turned into ‘drunk Russian'.