Poetry and war

At 0:00 the interview starts. At 0:39 Vera discusses children and war. At 2:15 she talks about how Swedes view Carlson. At 4:08 she describes a concert in Stockholm. At 7:17 she talks about a divided capital. At 9:49 she says "Sudy po tomu, kak nas vertuha…". At 11:57 she answers how she met war in 2022. At 17:12 she praises Astrid Lindgren. At 21:16 she explains why Ukraine is half her heart. At 22:38 she mentions a unique children’s book from the USSR. At 25:32 she talks about co‑authoring Polozkova’s concerts. At 30:37 she says "Rus my now Al‑Qaida, Hezbollah". At 35:46 she discusses guilt towards Ukraine. At 37:57 she explains her performance at Turchak’s festival after Kashin’s beating. At 43:27 she asks if she could have dealt with power before war. At 45:53 she speculates what will happen to people in Russia when war ends. At 51:04 she says "God is not a liberal". At 53:34 she describes how corporate events look for the poetess. At 55:27 she says "I had no apartment or car". At 58:33 she comments on Metro Voykovskaya. At 1:04:02 she explains why she lives in Cyprus. At 1:06:26 she says "My country is occupied by a terrorist group". At 1:10:05 she talks about important conversations. At 1:14:07 she discusses her friend Eduard Boyakov. At 1:20:17 she talks about submission to Putin and Orthodoxy. At 1:22:52 she questions whether wishing death for Zakhar Prilepin is not cannibalism. At 1:27:44 she talks about selling a Nobel medal to help the army. At 1:31:46 she asks what happened to Artemiy Lebedev. At 1:38:15 she asks why she didn’t talk about Donbass shelling. At 1:42:12 she explains how she writes poems. At 1:49:45 she mentions a cult. At 1:54:06 she references Oxxxymiron. At 1:58:46 she describes the worst moment of recent years. At 2:02:26 she asks who is the father of her third child. At 2:07:37 she asks if her mother remembers Stalin. At 2:10:37 she asks why comments are disabled on her Instagram. At 2:13:34 she asks why poets hate each other. At 2:20:20 she asks why she reacts painfully to criticism. At 2:24:50 she says she accidentally learned about her father’s death. At 2:28:52 she asks if evil can be talented. At 2:34:07 she asks about the Russian idea. At 2:36:47 she asks why "Fantastic Beasts" is important. At 2:44:50 she asks when she will return to Russia. At 2:50:16 she asks the meaning of life.